| 单词 | vituperate |
| 释义 | vituperate (once / 5940 pages) v To vituperate is to speak or write in an extremely negative way about someone. Just as vituperation consists of negative, explosive, malicious outbursts, to vituperate is to communicate in this way. Negative political ads vituperate against opponents. When you insult someone and swear at them, you vituperate. People with a short temper tend to vituperate often — it's similar to railing, vilifying, and reviling. The root word is the Latin vituperationem, "blame or censuring," from vitium, "fault or defect." WORD FAMILYvituperate: vituperated, vituperates, vituperating, vituperation, vituperative+/vituperation: vituperations/vituperative: vituperatively USAGE EXAMPLESIt is considered almost universally acceptable to abuse and vituperate the agency. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) He could offer no counter argument to them, but continued to vituperate the sins of the white people. Micheaux, Oscar, The Conquest—The Story of a Negro P...(2012) Ð To maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify; vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) 1v spread negative information about Syn|Hyper rail, revile, vilify abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout use foul or abusive language towards 2v censure severely or angrily Syn|Hypo|Hyper bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely brush down, tell offreprimand flamecriticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
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