Vituperation

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vituperation \Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF.
     vituperation. See {Vituperate}.]
     The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by


           fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him.
                                                    --Donne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vituperation
       n : abusive or venomous language used to express blame or
           censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn: {invective},
            {vitriol}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "vituperation":
     abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, billingsgate,
     bitter words, blackening, blame, calumny, censure, contumely,
     diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad,
     obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement,
     scolding, screed, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing,
     vilification
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  VITUPERATION, n.  Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as
  suffer from an impediment in their wit.