fulminateverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈfʊl.mɪ.neɪt/us/ˈfʊl.mə.neɪt/formalto criticize strongly:
I had to listen to Michael fulminating against the government.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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fulmination
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌfʊl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌfʊl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/