as in abusive
marked by harsh insulting language
the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations
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Recent Examples of vituperative
The initiative text is replete with vituperative language attacking personal injury lawyers as a class.
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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
Even the company’s most vituperative detractors acknowledge its engineering genius and applaud its success in driving down launch expenses (unlike many defense contractors, SpaceX largely eats the cost of its failures).
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for vituperative
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
Even the company’s most vituperative detractors acknowledge its engineering genius and applaud its success in driving down launch expenses (unlike many defense contractors, SpaceX largely eats the cost of its failures).
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vituperative
Adjective
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Brown’s action added fuel to reports of behind-the-scenes tension after a 2024 Rolling Stone investigation dug into cast member Jonathan Van Ness’ alleged emotionally abusive behavior.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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Her mother’s family left Mexico to flee from the abusive nature of her maternal grandfather.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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This is outrageous — and devastating.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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Pratt’s outrageous on-screen antics placed him at the center of many feuds.—
Louis Staples,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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The comments were not well received, with locals telling BBC Scotland News that the description was insulting and did not reflect the people in the area.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 May 2026
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Instead, this just looks like virtue signaling to justify his controversial move to Baton Rouge, which is insulting to people actually affected by what the University of Mississippi represents.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The rhetoric was vitriolic and often more about the man than the ideas or principles behind a particular political issue.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Online, the responses turned vitriolic.—
Robin Romm,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Who says a man can’t appreciate the gleaming, obscene form of an Aston Martin supercar or the growl of its overpriced engine?—
Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Vituperative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vituperative. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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