Vituperative Meaning and Usage

vituperative

adjective

berating; speaking abusively to or about, “vituperative remarks.”
abusive; scolding;

vituperate
verb
berate; scold; rail against abusively;

Derivatives:
Vituperatively - adverb.
Vituperativeness - noun.
Vituperate - verb


Let’s look at some examples:

1. Walter was vituperative in his description of his working conditions and his boss.

2. When Harold spoke to Maude, he was very angry and did so in a vituperative manner.

3. Davis is an opprobrious and vituperative speaker, equally caustic toward friend or foe—a true curmudgeon.

4. Why should he have directed this vituperative speech at the very person whom he loves?

5. Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences, he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell's army chaplain, John Webster.

6. George's vituperative language expressed his deep-seated ill will.

7. He vituperated against all presidents with equal gusto.

8. They were unprepared for the hate and vituperation that descended on them.


Synonyms : abusive, acid, aspersive, belittling, biting, calumniating, calumnious, castigatory, censorious, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damning, defamatory, denigrating, denunciatory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derogatory, detractory, disparaging, harsh, insolent, insulting, invective, libellous, malign, maligning, obloquious, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, scolding, scornful, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, traducing, trenchant, upbraiding, vilifying withering,


Antonyms : praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; admirable, estimable; creditable; meritorious; excellent; fine.