VITUPERATIVE Synonyms

• abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

• marked by harshly abusive criticism

• rebuking a person harshly

• a severe rebuke

• containing or imposing condemnation or censure

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

• expressive of low opinion

• exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous

• neither feeling nor showing respect

• expressing extreme contempt

• expressing offensive reproach

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

• spread negative information about

• harshly critical or expressing censure

• a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion