vituperative.

Using bitter, sustained, or forcefully insulting language.

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Words that belong together

• vituperative attack
• vituperative speech

On the page

The meeting dissolved into a vituperative exchange.

His vituperative letter left no doubt about the depth of the quarrel.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more vituperative; superlative most vituperative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.