vituperate

Meaning

Verb

1. (formal, transitive) To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
2. (formal, transitive) To attack (someone or something) with abusive language; to revile, to vilify.
3. (formal, intransitive) To use abusive or harsh words.

Adj

1. (formal) Of, characterized by, or relating to abusive or harsh criticism.
2. (formal, rare) Which has been abusively or harshly criticized; also, deserving harsh criticism.

Synonyms

revile

abuse

rail

vilify

scold

berate

curse

insult

revise

twit

inveigle

libel

condemn

reproach

assail

rail at

clapperclaw

scorch

slander

slur

snipe

taunt

asperse

carp

diss

defame

rail against

inveigh

Translations

vituperar

vituperare

tadeln

μέμφομαι

denegrir

denostar

injurier

vitupérer

vituperar

uitschelden

stänkern

εκθέτω

εξευτελίζω

διασύρω

schmähen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɪˈtjuːpəɹeɪt/

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
Learned borrowing from Latin vituperātus (“censured; disparaged”), perfect passive participle of vituperō (“to blame, scold, tell off; to censure; to disparage, find fault with”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from vitium (“blemish, defect, flaw, imperfection; crime, misdeed, wrongdoing; fault, error, sin; vice; disease (of plants)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-tyo- (“apart; wrong”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + parō (“to acquire, get, obtain, procure; to arrange, order; to contrive, design; to furnish, provide; to produce; to decide, resolve”) (from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to get, procure; to produce; to bring forward; to bring forth, carry forth; to go through”)).