vituperative
pronunciation
How to pronounce vituperative in British English:
UK [vɪ'tju:pərətɪv]
How to pronounce vituperative in American English:
US [vaɪˈtupərətɪv, -ˈtju-, -pəˌre-, vɪ-]
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- Adjective:
- marked by harshly abusive criticism
Word Origin
- vituperative (adj.)
- 1727, from vituperate + -ive. Related: Vituperatively.
Example
- 1. He 's assailed wherever he lectures and receives vituperative e-mails almost daily .
- 2. The opposition , meanwhile , has been petty and vituperative .
- 3. It is doubtful that most web surfers would recognise google in mr rubin 's vituperative description .
- 4. Vituperative chinese commentators detected an old bogey : an american attempt to " contain " china by bolstering alliances with its neighbours .
- 5. Taleb is characteristically vituperative about the quantitative risk models , which try to model something that defies modelization .