Dictionary entry

Vituperation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vi‐tu′per‐a″tion (?), n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF. vituperation. See Vituperate.] The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.

When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. Donne.