VITUPERATE Synonyms

• spread negative information about

• someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

• censure severely or angrily

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

• spread negative information about

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

• warn strongly; put on guard

• take to task

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• a very long fly ball

• a sudden very loud noise

• a strong current of air

• an explosion (as of dynamite)

• a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

• intense adverse criticism

• make a strident sound

• hit with great force

• use explosives on

• apply a draft or strong wind to to

• create by using explosives

• make with or as if with an explosion

• fire a shot; release

• criticize harshly or violently

• shatter as if by explosion

• shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

• censure severely

• inflict severe punishment on

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• censure severely or angrily

• express strong disapproval of

• declare or judge unfit for use or habitation

• compel or force into a particular state or activity

• demonstrate the guilt of (someone)

• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

• appropriate (property) for public use

• find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

• act as a critic

• speak out against

• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

• announce the termination of, as of treaties

• give away information about somebody

• express strong disapproval of

• tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

• beat with a cane

• censure severely or angrily

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• censure severely or angrily

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• rebuke formally

• censure severely or angrily

• express criticism towards

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

• short for railway

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

• complain bitterly

• enclose with rails

• provide with rails

• separate with a railing

• convey (goods etc.) by rails

• travel by rail or train

• lay with rails

• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

• spread negative information about

• criticize severely

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• make turbid by stirring up the sediments of