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vituperate

/vahy-too-puh-reyt, -tyoo-, vi-/US // vaɪˈtu pəˌreɪt, -ˈtyu-, vɪ- //UK // (vɪˈtjuːpəˌreɪt) //

疗养,疗养院,疗养地,疗养员

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Definitions

  1. 1

    vi·tu·per·at·ed, vi·tu·per·at·ing.

    • : to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcriticize harshly

Examples

  • While the buyers are apt to vituperate the workmen, in too many cases they are the culprits.

  • When people are going to serious war with each other, they may denounce and vituperate, but they rarely gibe.

  • It is not my design, therefore, to vituperate my deceased friend, Toby Dammit.

  • Jolly, to abuse or vituperate, sometimes to bear up or bonnet.

  • Bibliolators may vituperate us, persecute us, or imprison us, but they cannot refute us.