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vituperatory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of vituperatory

marked by harsh insulting language

the kind of vituperatory speeches that are designed to rouse the rank-and-file at political conventions

Synonyms of vituperatory

abusive, contumelious, invective, opprobrious, scurrile (or scurril), scurrilous, truculent, vitriolic, vituperative

Words Related to vituperatory

affronting, insulting, offending, offensive, outrageous, outraging

coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross, indecent, nasty, obscene, potty-mouthed, vulgar

contemptuous, disdainful, scornful

defamatory, libelous (or libellous), scandalous, slanderous

maligning, traducing, vilifying

hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful

immoderate, intemperate, unbridled, unrestrained

Near Antonyms of vituperatory

moderate, temperate

deferential, respectful

civil, courteous, gracious, mannerly, polite

discreet, judicious, tempered

encomiastic, laudative, laudatory, praiseful

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