billingsgates

noun

plural of billingsgate
as in abuses
harsh insulting language the intemperate billingsgate to which the staff in customer service were sometimes subjected

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  1. abuses
  2. insults
  3. criticisms
Noun
  • To safeguard against these abuses of power, democracies like the UK and US have hearings, committees, and other measures to hold their intelligence bodies accountable, said Shetler-Jones.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Further abuses have been recorded everywhere from big cities like Los Angeles and Milwaukee to small towns in South Carolina and Illinois.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Definition of abuses
Noun
  • In recent years, Georgia’s State Election Board has been plagued by infighting, feuds, insults, partisan maneuvering and out-and-out shouting matches.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • His tenure came to an end when video surfaced of a drunken Galliano berating other customers at a Paris bar with vile antisemitic insults.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of insults
Noun
  • Green's win, a popular and feel-good moment for fans, is seen as a strategic move by WWE, potentially addressing criticisms aimed at Triple H regarding the promotion of new talent.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s Truth Social is launching a premium ‘Truth API’ that sells Wall Street traders split-second early access to his market-moving posts, stoking new criticisms of insider trading and self-enrichment in the Oval Office.
    — Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticisms
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“Billingsgates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billingsgates. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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