vituperation

3 definitions found

vituperation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

vituperation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vituperation
      n 1: abusive or venomous language used to express blame or
           censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn:
           vituperation, invective, vitriol]

vituperation - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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