vituperate

English

Etymology

From Latin vituperātus, perfect passive participle of vituperō (“I blame, I censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parō (“I furnish, I provide, I contrive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈtʃuːpəɹeɪt/, /vɪˈtjuːpəɹeɪt/, /vaɪˈtʃuːpəɹeɪt/, /vaɪˈtjuːpəɹeɪt/

Verb

vituperate (third-person singular simple present vituperat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle vituperated)

1. (transitive) To criticize in a harsh or abusive manner.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.

2. (transitive) To revile, vilify, defame, go on about or mouth off about someone
3. (intransitive) To use harsh or abusive wording.

Synonyms

• (criticize in a harsh or abusive manner): scold, berate, rile
• see also: Thesaurus:criticize
• (use harsh or abusive wording): rail

Related terms

• See vice#Related_terms

• vituperable
• vituperant
• vituperation
• vituperative
• vituperatively
• vituperator
• vituperatory
• vituperous
• vituperously

 

Translations

criticize

• Dutch: beschimpen (nl), uitschelden (nl)
• French: vitupérer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: გაკრიტიკება (gaḳriṭiḳeba), ლანძღვა (lanʒɣva), გინება (gineba)
• German: schelten (de), tadeln (de), ausschimpfen (de), beschimpfen (de)
• Russian: критиковать (ru) impf (kritikovatʹ), поносить (ru) impf (ponositʹ)

revile, vilify, defame

• Georgian: ლანძღვა (lanʒɣva), გინება (gineba)
• German: schmähen (de), verunglimpfen (de), stänkern (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} ругая (bg) (rugaja), ^{(please verify)} обиждам (bg) (obiždam)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} hekelen (nl), ^{(please verify)} beschimpen (nl), ^{(please verify)} uitschelden (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} schelten (de), ^{(please verify)} tadeln (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} blamegar (io)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} scall, ^{(please verify)} aithisigh, ^{(please verify)} feann
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} நிந்தனை செய் (nintaṉai cey)

References

• “vituperate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vituperate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “vituperate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• reputative

---

Italian

Verb

vituperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vituperare
2. second-person plural imperative of vituperare
3. feminine plural of vituperato

Anagrams

• reputatevi

---

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) vituperāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vituperō

References

• vituperate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)