vituperation [
vitju:pә'reiʃәn]
vituperation[ noun ]
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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Vituperation \Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF.
vituperation. See {Vituperate}.]
The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by
fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him.
--Donne.
- He chaired the farm council with ease during the stormy first half of 1991, when Mr MacSharry presented his reform to universal vituperation.