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单词 vituperate
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Definition of vituperate in English:

vituperate

verb vɪˈtjuːpəreɪtvʌɪˈtjuːpəreɪt
[with object]archaic
  • Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.

    〈古〉责骂;辱骂

    Synonyms
    revile, rail against, inveigh against, fulminate against, attack, upbraid, berate, harangue, lambaste, reprimand, castigate, chastise, rebuke, scold, chide, censure, condemn, damn, denounce, find fault with, run down, take to task, vilify, denigrate, calumniate, insult, abuse, curse, slander, smear
    informal slate, slam, knock, hammer, carpet, roast, skewer, crucify, read someone the Riot Act, lay into, tear a strip off, bawl out, give someone a dressing-down, tell off, bad-mouth
    British informal rubbish, slag off
    archaic contemn
    rare asperse, excoriate, vilipend

Derivatives

  • vituperator

  • noun vɪˈtjuːpəreɪtəvʌɪˈtjuːpəreɪtə
    archaic
    • Even when the vituperators are women, they mostly fling profanities at themselves, not at their male relatives.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In most cases, a cold dose of healthy public ridicule would quench the more volcanic vituperators and reason would be restored.
      • My method is merely to return to the vituperators the words of their own mouth as an antidote to their falsehoods.
      • Whereas he has said nothing that amounts to hate speech, his vituperators routinely spew hate speech against him in the national media.
      • Reading this vituperator rant about hedonism in the UK in this week's New Yorker, I see that perhaps he isn't too far off base.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin vituperat- 'censured, disparaged' (see vituperation).

Rhymes

recuperate

Definition of vituperate in US English:

vituperate

verb
[with object]archaic
  • Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.

    〈古〉责骂;辱骂

    Synonyms
    revile, rail against, inveigh against, fulminate against, attack, upbraid, berate, harangue, lambaste, reprimand, castigate, chastise, rebuke, scold, chide, censure, condemn, damn, denounce, find fault with, run down, take to task, vilify, denigrate, calumniate, insult, abuse, curse, slander, smear

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin vituperat- ‘censured, disparaged’ (see vituperation).

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