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Recent Examples of vituperative This dynamic has grown most acute between Iran and Saudi Arabia, whose tit-for-tat exchange is growing ever more vituperative and violent. Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016 Renata’s weakness lies in her inability to square her fear of being disliked with her vituperative personality. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024 While its digitization capabilities are far more robust than many nation-states, the Internet Archive’s position in an increasingly vituperative battleground between copyright holders and tech companies means that its future is precarious, too. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024 His speech was rambling, unhinged, vituperative, and oh-so-revealing. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for vituperative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vituperative
Adjective
  • Samuel Dunham, 12, said he was adopted from an abusive family.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 11 July 2025
  • The administration has cited a need to counter China’s abusive trade practices, but this is undermined by the 25 percent tariff on Japanese goods.
    The Editors, National Review, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • The film series' latest installment — Madea's Destination Wedding — premiered on Netflix on July 11 and has proven to be one of the franchise's most outrageous chapters yet.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Insult to injury, large change orders provided again without explanation to a firm with direct political connection to the city administration — outrageous!
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni is insulting because a macaroni was a pejorative term used to describe a fashionable man with feminine traits of 18th-century Britain.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
  • Conversations revealed an ongoing dialogue that was not only deeply insulting to Read, but morally offensive to women broadly.
    Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The use of obscene or profane language, personal attack, libel, slander, defamation, physical violence or the threat thereof, as determined by the presiding officer, shall constitute a disturbing a lawful meeting.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Astors, who had amassed a nearly obscene amount of real estate in New York City, became the country’s first multimillionaires by smuggling opium.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 July 2025

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“Vituperative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vituperative. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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