vituperate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spread negative information about
    vilify; rail; revile.
    • The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews

WordNet

Vi*tu"per*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. vituperatus, p. p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault + parare to prepare. See Vice a fault, and Pare, v. t.
Definitions
  1. To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

Webster 1913