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[syn: vituperation, invective, vitriol]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vituperation \Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF.
   vituperation. See Vituperate.]
   The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
   [1913 Webster]
         When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by
         fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him.
                                                  --Donne.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vituperation
    n 1: abusive or venomous language used to express blame or
         censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn:
         vituperation, invective, vitriol]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "vituperation":
   abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, billingsgate,
   bitter words, blackening, blame, calumny, censure, contumely,
   diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad,
   obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement,
   scolding, screed, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing,
   vilification
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
VITUPERATION, n.  Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as
suffer from an impediment in their wit.