Synonyms of vituperative

vituperative

adjective

vī-ˈtü-p(ə-)rə-tiv 

as in abusive

marked by harsh insulting language

the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abusive
• outrageous
• insulting
• vitriolic
• obscene
• scurrilous
• invective
• malicious
• offensive
• opprobrious
• truculent
• contumelious
• outraging
• nasty
• hateful
• vituperatory
• dirty
• filthy
• vulgar
• scurrile
• contemptuous
• indecent
• libelous
• scornful
• offending
• crude
• slanderous
• disdainful
• spiteful
• gross
• defamatory
• coarse
• scandalous
• foul
• foulmouthed
• intemperate
• malevolent
• affronting
• potty-mouthed
• unbridled
• immoderate
• unrestrained
• traducing
• maligning
• vilifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderate
• temperate
• respectful
• civil
• deferential
• polite
• courteous
• gracious
• judicious
• tempered
• laudatory
• discreet
• mannerly
• praiseful
• encomiastic
• laudative

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vituperative

Bal and Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, while almost certainly proceeding without Israeli institutional support, given the vituperative reactions his recent films have provoked — and, by his own admission, have been designed to provoke. — Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026

The initiative text is replete with vituperative language attacking personal injury lawyers as a class. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Juxtaposed with these vituperative remarks are, naturally, shots of Trump seemingly falling asleep while on camera. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025

In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority. — Elaine L. Wang september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025