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vituperative
[ vahy-too-per-uh-tiv, -puh-rey-tiv, -tyoo-, vi- ]
adjective
- characterized by or of the nature of vituperation:
vituperative remarks.
Other Words From
- vi·tuper·a·tive·ly adverb
- nonvi·tuper·ative adjective
- nonvi·tuper·ative·ly adverb
- unvi·tuper·ative adjective
- unvi·tuper·ative·ly adverb
- unvi·tuper·ative·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of vituperative1
Example Sentences
It refers to a condition in which people become increasingly unable to regulate the expression of their impulses and urges, and this year it very obviously applied to Trump’s increasingly surreal, vituperative, and lurid rhetoric.
In his book he reproduced vituperative emails, including one that called him “a living Mengele.”
His vituperative ad hominem rants against Trump are well known.
Always a complex figure, he was prone to vituperative outbursts and threats that were quickly forgotten or contradicted, as happened on Saturday.
It led to a vituperative Senate Judiciary hearing at which senators from both parties called Ticketmaster and its corporate parent, Live Nation Entertainment, a monopoly.
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