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VITUPERATE
vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
(verb) spread negative information about; “The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vituperate (third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, simple past and past participle vituperated)
(transitive) To criticize in a harsh or abusive manner.
(transitive) To revile, vilify, defame, go on about or mouth off about someone
(intransitive) To use harsh or abusive wording.
Synonyms
• (criticize in a harsh or abusive manner): scold, berate, rile
• see also: criticize
• (use harsh or abusive wording): rail
Anagrams
• reputative
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*tu"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. vituperatus, p. p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault + parare to prepare. See Vice a fault, and Pare, v. t.]
Definition: To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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