vituperatoryadj.
? Obsolete.
Expressive of blame or censure; vituperative, violently abusive.
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the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive
chidingc1175
invective1430
villainous1470
reproachful1531
reviling1534
oblatranta1538
vituperatory1586
vituperous1588
maledicent1599
vituperious1604
abuseful1612
virulent1631
camping1642
Thersitical1650
wording1682
vituperative1727
vituperatious1797
slangwhanging1809
sharp-tongued1837
vituperant1864
campling1881
Thersitean1908
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adjective]
opprobriousc1410
invective1430
railinga1470
shameful?a1513
convicious1530
reviling1534
inveighing1568
abusing1586
vituperatory1586
vituperous1588
vituperious1604
abusive1608
invectory1608
conviciatory1611
abuseful1612
conviciating1628
vituperative1727
vituperatious1797
slangwhanging1809
opprobratory1833
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. D1v Laudatorie [epistles] resting in prayse, & Vituperatorie whiche hath in it the dispraise of a thing.
1660 Char. Italy To Rdr. sig. A 5 For that [proverb] hath two ends..the one Vituperatory, and the other Laudatory.
a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. 315 The very same desire having ordinarily three designations, one laudatory, one vituperatory, and the other neutral.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 343 A fluent array of vituperatory and laudatory phrases.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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adj.1586