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Meaning of "vituperate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VITUPERATE

From Latin vituperāre to blame, from vitium a defect + parāre to make.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VITUPERATE

vituperate  [vɪˈtjuːpəˌreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VITUPERATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vituperate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb vituperate in English.

WHAT DOES VITUPERATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vituperate in the English dictionary

The definition of vituperate in the dictionary is to berate or rail abusively; revile.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VITUPERATE

PRESENT

Present
I vituperate
you vituperate
he/she/it vituperates
we vituperate
you vituperate
they vituperate
Present continuous
I am vituperating
you are vituperating
he/she/it is vituperating
we are vituperating
you are vituperating
they are vituperating
Present perfect
I have vituperated
you have vituperated
he/she/it has vituperated
we have vituperated
you have vituperated
they have vituperated
Present perfect continuous
I have been vituperating
you have been vituperating
he/she/it has been vituperating
we have been vituperating
you have been vituperating
they have been vituperating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I vituperated
you vituperated
he/she/it vituperated
we vituperated
you vituperated
they vituperated
Past continuous
I was vituperating
you were vituperating
he/she/it was vituperating
we were vituperating
you were vituperating
they were vituperating
Past perfect
I had vituperated
you had vituperated
he/she/it had vituperated
we had vituperated
you had vituperated
they had vituperated
Past perfect continuous
I had been vituperating
you had been vituperating
he/she/it had been vituperating
we had been vituperating
you had been vituperating
they had been vituperating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will vituperate
you will vituperate
he/she/it will vituperate
we will vituperate
you will vituperate
they will vituperate
Future continuous
I will be vituperating
you will be vituperating
he/she/it will be vituperating
we will be vituperating
you will be vituperating
they will be vituperating
Future perfect
I will have vituperated
you will have vituperated
he/she/it will have vituperated
we will have vituperated
you will have vituperated
they will have vituperated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been vituperating
you will have been vituperating
he/she/it will have been vituperating
we will have been vituperating
you will have been vituperating
they will have been vituperating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would vituperate
you would vituperate
he/she/it would vituperate
we would vituperate
you would vituperate
they would vituperate
Conditional continuous
I would be vituperating
you would be vituperating
he/she/it would be vituperating
we would be vituperating
you would be vituperating
they would be vituperating
Conditional perfect
I would have vituperate
you would have vituperate
he/she/it would have vituperate
we would have vituperate
you would have vituperate
they would have vituperate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been vituperating
you would have been vituperating
he/she/it would have been vituperating
we would have been vituperating
you would have been vituperating
they would have been vituperating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you vituperate
we let´s vituperate
you vituperate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to vituperate
Past participle
vituperated
Present Participle
vituperating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VITUPERATE


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
asperate
ˈæspəˌreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
cooperate
kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
depauperate
diːˈpɔːpəˌreɪt
disincorporate
ˌdɪsɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
evaporate
ɪˈvæpəˌreɪt
exasperate
ɪɡˈzɑːspəˌreɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
obstreperate
əbˈstrepəˌreɪt
obtemperate
ɒbˈtɛmpəˌreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
overoperate
ˌəʊvərˈɒpəˌreɪt
recuperate
rɪˈkuːpəˌreɪt
reincorporate
ˌriːɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
reoperate
riːˈɒpəˌreɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
superate
ˈsuːpəˌreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VITUPERATE

vitriolisation
vitriolise
vitriolization
vitriolize
vitriolled
vitriolling
vitro
Vitruvian
Vitruvius Pollio
vitta
vittae
vittate
vittle
vituline
vituperable
vituperation
vituperative
vituperatively
vituperator
vituperatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE VITUPERATE

accurate
confederate
conglomerate
considerate
degenerate
deliberate
derate
desperate
enterate
enumerate
exaggerate
illiterate
iterate
liberate
literate
moderate
refrigerate
regenerate
reiterate
temperate
tolerate

Synonyms and antonyms of vituperate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VITUPERATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vituperate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vituperate

Translation of «vituperate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VITUPERATE

Find out the translation of vituperate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vituperate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vituperate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谩骂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vituperate
570 millions of speakers

English

vituperate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गाली देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

vituperate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

vituperate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vituperate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গালাগালি করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vitupérer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vituperate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schmähen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

vituperate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

vituperate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vituperate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chưởi rủa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிந்தனை செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटे ठरवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sövmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vituperate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

vituperate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

vituperate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vituperate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψέγω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dreiging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vituperate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vituperate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vituperate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VITUPERATE»

The term «vituperate» is normally little used and occupies the 145.611 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VITUPERATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vituperate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vituperate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vituperate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VITUPERATE»

Discover the use of vituperate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vituperate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
SYNONYM STUDY: scold BERATE, CHIDE, REVILE, UPBRAID, VITUPERATE. A mother might scold a child who misbehaves, which means to rebuke in an angry, irritated, and often nagging way, whether or not such treatment is justified.
Elizabeth Jewell, 2002
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Vituperate. (1) berate; harsh; scold; speak viciously about Word ... true invective is called for, when it becomes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, in the strongest possible language.
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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Word Power Made Easy
When you revile, vituperate, or inveigh you are speaking, not writing, your criticisms. Some of the other words can be either written or spoken. When you disparage, derogate, asperse, or calumniate you are doing it behind your victim's back.
Namrata Palta, 2006
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A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the ...
Vicinity, vicinal, viciffitude, vituperate, vimineous, and virago, seem to prefer the short i, though Mr. Sheridan has marked the three last words with the first vowel long. But the diversity will be best seen by giving the authorities for all these words ...
John Walker, 1803
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Test Words You Should Know: 1,000 Essential Words for the ...
vituperate (vih—TOO—per—ayt) or (vih—TYOO—per—ayt), verb To use harsh, blaming, and vicious language, especially against another person The senator was known to vituPerate against whichever grouP or organization had most ...
P. T. Shank, 2006
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Gallant Poetry: Belles Words of Freedom
Complete. and. Vituperate. that the shoe store-owner hires a loafer place a lucid acid into the titular toccata tip-toe while steps into a dido What a trick to got under my toe-nail Rudeness, have you done this to siege thoughts? obstruct the ...
Edith Stein-Zelig, 2004
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How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You ...
vituperate. (verb) = to speak very disparagingly about someone from the Latin vituperare: to disparage e.g. When the 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin married the 18-year-old Oona O'Neill, the press vituperated him ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2010
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Scrapbook
vituperate—developmental—sector. :: Series. 1,. #49,. 9/23/09. Biggsol Shoe and Boot Manufacturing International took advantage of the global economic slump to reconfigure their production model. They decided to close their Indonesian ...
Wilyem Clark
9
In Deep
vituperate.To. abuse someone with harsh language. Ican thinkof more thanone personI'd liketo vituperateright now. WhenMomand Louiscome say good night, it surprises methatit'sten already. I wash my faceand get in my pajamas, but it's like  ...
Terra Elan McVoy, 2014
10
Ace the Verbal on the SAT
impugn revile inveigh against scold lambaste upbraid malign vilify obloquy vituperate Definitions of words indicating someone is commending or commendatory: 'Applaud' and 'praise' designate any ordinary commendation. A higher degree ...
Loren Edward Meierding, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VITUPERATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vituperate is used in the context of the following news items.
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In the Era of the Angry Nut
Now they can vituperate to their heart's content and regale an audience from Bangor to Bangkok. Even if labeled a troll and banned from a site they can come ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Belief's Own Pragmatics: What Whoopi Goldberg's Unwavering …
Those who are most eager to vituperate and pillory Goldberg (example here) should realize that they themselves probably exhibit a similar pathology in various ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Perché la Grexit è inevitabile ma forse non irreversibile
... ciò comporta, mettendo in larga misura al riparo gli investitori privati, in primo luogo le tanto vituperate banche, che incautamente hanno prestato alla Grecia. «Il Foglio, Jul 15»
4
The Scandal of Christianity
And in treating those who vituperate us with respect and kindness we, if nothing else, as Paul told the Romans, "heap burning coals on their heads.". «Christian Post, May 15»
5
Primarie, Ferrandelli: «Ad Agrigento aprono i gazebo e chiude il Pd»
E' con questo tweet di Fabrizio Ferrandelli, deputato regionale del Pd, che si chiude la giornata che prelude alle tanto vituperate primarie definite da più parti, ... «Agrigento Notizie, Mar 15»
6
Ohio's Voter Fraud Investigation Finds Almost Nothing
Michael Cortland. You are quite incorrect, madam, in every regard. And your need to vituperate regarding your perception of “bigotry” is amusing, but ignorant. «RH Reality Check, Mar 15»
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POVERE DUNE VITUPERATE DALLE GENTI
Adesso ci si mettono anche i balordi con le loro evoluzioni in sella alle moto da cross a distruggere le dune ricche di vegetazione con gigli di mare. «Cilento Notizie, Jan 15»
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Little Theatre Group presents English-language premiere of “Three”
... a Costa Rican audience would respond to topics like extramarital trysts and artificial insemination – not to mention a colorful range of vituperate language. «The Tico Times, Nov 14»
9
The GOP's poisonous double-speak: Thomas Frank on how …
Populism of this sort is enormously useful because it allows Freedom Partners to vituperate against rich and powerful business interests without actually ... «Salon, Nov 14»
10
A PR disaster of major proportions
She crudely used the tours to vilify, vituperate and threaten her opponents in the party, particularly Vice-President Joice Mujuru — this more than anything else ... «Zimbabwe Independent, Oct 14»

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