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vi·tu·per·a·tion

[vahy-too-puh-rey-shuh

n, -tyoo-, vi-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.

[Origin: 1475–85; < L vituperātiōn- (s. of vituperātio), equiv. to vituperāt(us) (see vituperate) + -iōn- -ion

]

—Synonyms censure, vilification, spite, scolding, defamation, aspersion.

—Antonyms praise.

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vi·tu·per·a·tion (vī-tōō'pə-rā'shən, -tyōō'-, vĭ-) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or an instance of vituperating; abusive censure.
Sustained, harshly abusive language; invective.

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vituperation

c.1449 (implied in vituperable), but rare before early 19c., from L. vituperationem (nom. vituperatio) "blame, censuring," from vituperatus, pp. of vituperare "disparage," from vitiperos "having faults," from vitium "fault, defect" (see vice (1)) + parare "prepare, provide, procure" (see pare). Vituperatio was stronger than either L. reprehensio or Mod.Eng. vituperation.

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