What does vituperative mean?

vituperative means "marked by harshly abusive criticism".

How many syllables are in vituperative?

vituperative has 5 syllables: vi-tu-pe-ra-tive. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˌvaɪˈtupɚətɪv/.

What is another word for vituperative?

Close synonyms include scathing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vituperative a common word?

vituperative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Vituperative — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
marked by harshly abusive criticism
“his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists”
“her vituperative railing”
Synonymsscathing
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Questions about vituperative

What does vituperative mean?: vituperative means "marked by harshly abusive criticism".
How many syllables are in vituperative?: vituperative has 5 syllables: vi-tu-pe-ra-tive. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˌvaɪˈtupɚətɪv/.
What is another word for vituperative?: Close synonyms include scathing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is vituperative a common word?: vituperative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for vituperative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
marked by harshly abusive criticism
“his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists”
“her vituperative railing”
Synonymsscathing
Similarcritical

Questions about vituperative

What does vituperative mean?: vituperative means "marked by harshly abusive criticism".
How many syllables are in vituperative?: vituperative has 5 syllables: vi-tu-pe-ra-tive. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˌvaɪˈtupɚətɪv/.
What is another word for vituperative?: Close synonyms include scathing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is vituperative a common word?: vituperative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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