FULMINATIONS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

fulminations

noun

plural of fulmination

as in abuses

harsh insulting language players were told they had a right to be spared the foulmouthed fulmination of the hockey coach

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Recent Examples of fulminations This is the latest rant in a string of fulminations against the ABC late-night host over the past few days since Kimmel mocked the relationship between the first lady and POTUS late last week. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026

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Noun

This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Baldwin alleged that decision was just one part of a pattern of disturbing prosecutorial abuses, including presenting false information to the grand jury, failing to disclose two firearms reports, and filing an unlawful gun enhancement.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of abuses

Noun

A lot of that is studying how dry bone, fresh bone, bone that is exposed to different types of forces will react to different types of insults.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Frazier was a Black sharecropper’s son who’d overcome much hardship, and the insults stung.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of insults

Noun

The criticisms reflect the deep bond that many Christians, particularly evangelicals, feel with Lewis, who promoted Christian teachings and themes through fiction and nonfiction.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
What readers are saying The conversation explores a range of concerns and criticisms regarding the handling and implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in society.

— Paul M. Nakasone, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticisms

Noun

These invectives evidently haven’t spooked Son, who once predicted that AI superintelligence would exist by 2035.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

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