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adj. - Marked by harshly abusive criticism.

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  • Adjective : vituperative remarks
  • The conviction shared by most of the book's early critics, whether reflective or vituperative, is of the impropriety of the subject.
  • I would hope that anyone else responding to Palomares 'posting would stick to the subject rather than engage in vituperative rejoinder.
  • Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven. —
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