vituperated

past tense of vituperate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vituperated
Verb
  • On August 22, she was attacked while on a Charlotte light train in what police described as an unprovoked stabbing.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Ruben Amorim’s men attacked with precision and purpose at Old Trafford.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And one of them slammed my face into the subway grates and knocked my tooth out.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Most recently, Hurricane Nicole slammed into Florida as a Category 1 in early November 2022 and Hurricane Zeta smashed into Louisiana as a Category 3 in late October 2020.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Royal Dutch Medical Association scolded the psychiatrists, and prosecutors declined to act.
    Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In 2013, then-President Barack Obama penned a thank-you letter to federal employees for their service and scolded Congress for failing to approve a spending plan, without placing blame.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lorincz’s sister testified that they both were abused as children and were raised in a household with a history of mental illness and addiction.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Court filings from the former players allege how Lorch methodically groomed and abused children from some of the nation’s poorest communities, cunningly and cruelly preying on their desperation and love of the city game, on an almost industrial scale.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Vituperated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vituperated. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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