Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vituperious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vi-tu-pe-ri-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

despicable; disgraceful.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "vituperious thouing men"
  • "Thou be obſequious in his doubtleſſe right 'Gainſt the vile Atheiſts vituperious ſting"

Usage

Inflected Forms

more vituperious (comparative) most vituperious (superlative)

Derived Forms

vituperiously

Questions

What does vituperious mean?
despicable; disgraceful.

How to pronounce vituperious

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