vituperate
3 synonyms for vituperate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To scold someone very harshly, often with insults.
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Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ Learned borrowing from Latin vituperātus (“censured; disparaged”), perfect passive participle of vituperō (“to blame, scold, tell off; to censure; to disparage, find fault with”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from vitium (“blemish, defect, flaw, imperfection; crime, misdeed, wrongdoing; fault, error...
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