English

Verb

vituperate ‎(third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, 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. (intransitive) To use harsh or abusive wording.

Synonyms

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

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Translations

References

• vituperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vituperate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• vituperate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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

vituperāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of vituperō

References

• VITUPERATE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)