Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vituperatory
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
  • Lawsuit alleges 'obscene' government overreach Longo's lawsuit, filed in Chemung County, New York, names the county, the city of Elmira and several DEC officers as defendants.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 July 2025
  • The court acknowledged that protecting minors from material that would be considered obscene from their perspective was a compelling government interest.
    Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 5 July 2025
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“Vituperatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vituperatory. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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