Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vituperative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vituperative \Vi*tu"per*a*tive\, a.
Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by,
abuse; scolding; abusive. -- {Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly}, adv.
Vituperative appellations derived from their real or
supposed ill qualities. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vituperative
adj : marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks
about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"
[syn: {scathing}]
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