intransitive verb. To rebuke or criticize harshly or angrily; berate. synonym: scold.

intransitive verb. To use harshly critical or irate language; rail.

To address abusive language to; find fault with abusively; abuse verbally; rate; objurgate.

Synonyms To revile. vilify, berate, upbraid, rail at. The person or creature vituperated is directly addressed.

transitive verb. To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

verb. To criticize in a harsh or abusive manner; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

verb. To use harsh or abusive wording.

verb. spread negative information about

""There are moments," writes poet Charles Simic in Harper's, "when true invective is called for, when it becomes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, in the strongest possible language.""

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