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| billingsgate |
vulgar, abusive language. |
| broadside |
a strong, often abusive criticism or denunciation. [1/9 definitions] |
| corrosive |
wantonly abusive, sarcastic, or malevolent. [1/3 definitions] |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| foulmouthed |
using obscene or vulgarly abusive language, esp. habitually. |
| haze2 |
to subject (someone, esp. a newcomer) to abusive treatment or to humiliating pranks or teasing, often as part of an initiation ceremony. |
| heavy-handed |
harsh or abusive in speech or treatment; severe. [1/2 definitions] |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. [2/3 definitions] |
| jeer |
to remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner. [1/3 definitions] |
| misusage |
bad or abusive treatment. [1/2 definitions] |
| name-calling |
the use of disparaging or abusive names to attack a person or group. |
| obscenity |
something obscene, esp. profane or abusive language. [1/2 definitions] |
| rail2 |
to denounce someone or something in harsh or abusive terms; condemn (usu. fol. by "against" or "at"). |
| Sedition Act of 1918 |
a short-lived amendment to the U.S. Espionage Act of 1917 that listed offenses deemed criminal when the country is at war, including to willfully obstruct military recruitment and to print, write, or publish any disloyal or abusive language about the form of the U.S. federal government. |
| termagant |
scolding, nagging, quarrelsome, or abusive; shrewish. [1/2 definitions] |
| tyranny |
the oppressive or abusive exercise of power, or the government or authority that uses power in this way. [1/4 definitions] |
| vituperate |
to criticize someone or something in harsh or abusive terms (often fol. by "against"); rail. [1/2 definitions] |
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