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vituperation

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vi⋅tu⋅per⋅a⋅tion

  [vahy-too-puh-rey-shuhn, -tyoo-, vi-]
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–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-)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of vituperating; abusive censure.

  2. Sustained, harshly abusive language; invective.

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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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