vituperative as an adjective: - 1
vituperative
adjective
1 vituperative
Marked by harshly abusive criticism:
— Her vituperative railing.
synonym: scathing.
Roget 932:
disapproving
etc.
v.;
scandalized.
disparaging,
condemnatory,
damnatory†,
denunciatory,
reproachful,
abusive,
objurgatory†,
clamorous,
vituperative;
defamatory
etc.
934.
satirical,
sarcastic,
sardonic,
cynical,
dry,
sharp,
cutting,
biting,
severe,
withering,
trenchant,
hard upon;
censorious,
critical,
captious,
carping,
hypercritical;
fastidious
etc.
868;
sparing of praise,
grudging praise.
disapproved,
chid
etc.
v.;
in bad odor,
blown upon,
unapproved;
unblest†;
at a discount,
exploded;
weighed in the balance and found wanting.
blameworthy,
reprehensible
etc.
(guilt)
947;
to blame,
worthy of blame;
answerable,
uncommendable,
exceptionable,
not to be thought of;
bad
etc.
649;
vicious
etc.
945.
unlamented,
unbewailed†,
unpitied†.
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Moby thesaurus: Rabelaisian, abusive, acid, belittling, biting, blackening, blameful, blasphemous, calumniatory, calumnious, castigatory, censorious, comminatory, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, critical, cursing, damnatory, damning, defamatory, denunciatory, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derogatory, detractory, dirty, disparaging, dysphemistic, epithetic, excommunicative, excommunicatory, execrating, execrative, execratory, foul, fulminatory, harsh, imprecatory, insulting, invective, inveighing, judgmental, maledictory, malign, objurgatory, obscene, opprobrious, priggish, profane, railing, raw, reproachful, reprobative, reviling, ribald, ridiculing, risque, sarcastic, sardonic, scatologic, scoffing, scolding, scornful, scurrile, scurrilous, severe, slanderous, truculent, vile, vilifying, withering ... show more.
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