Vituperate is defined as to speak meanly about someone or something.
(verb)An example of vituperate is to gossip harshly behind someone's back.
See vituperate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb vituperated, vituperating
Origin: < L vituperatus, pp. of vituperare, to blame < vitium, a fault, vice + parare, to prepare
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verb vi·tu·per·at·ed, vi·tu·per·at·ing, vi·tu·per·ates verb, transitive
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Origin: Latin vituperāre, vituperāt-
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