transitive verb
-·at·ed, -·at·ing to speak abusively to or about; berate; revile
Origin of vituperate
from Classical Latin vituperatus, past participle of vituperare, to blame from vitium, a fault, vice + parare, to preparevituperate
vi·tu·per·ate
verb
Vituperate is defined as to speak meanly about someone or something.
An example of vituperate is to gossip harshly behind someone's back.
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verb
vi·tu·per·at·ed, vi·tu·per·at·ing, vi·tu·per·atesverb
transitiveTo rebuke or criticize harshly or angrily; berate. See Synonyms at scold.
verb
intransitiveTo use harshly critical or irate language; rail.
Origin of vituperate
Latin vituperāre vituperāt-Related Forms:
- vi·tu′per·a′tor
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, simple past and past participle vituperated)
Origin
From Latin vituperÄtus, perfect passive participle of vituperÅ (“I blame, I censure"), from vitium (“fault, defect") + parÅ (“I furnish, I provide, I contrive").
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Words near vituperate in the dictionary
- vituperate
- vituperated
- vituperates
- vituperating