vituperative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by harshly abusive criticism
    scathing.
    • his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists
    • her vituperative railing

WordNet


Vi*tu"per*a*tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. -- Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly, adv.
    Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913