fulmination

noun

Definition of fulminationnext
as in abuse
harsh insulting language players were told they had a right to be spared the foulmouthed fulmination of the hockey coach

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  1. abuse
  2. vituperation
  3. insult
  4. invective
  5. criticism
  6. vitriol
Noun
  • Someone might view losing their job as a temporary setback and remain relatively calm, while another person might experience the same circumstances as a disaster, triggering intense stress that cascades into serious health problems, such as depression and substance abuse.
    — Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The actress, who's now 38, has spent much of her life out of the spotlight after having struggled with substance abuse as a teenager.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of abuse
Noun
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    — Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of vituperation
Noun
  • The dispute stems from last year’s feud wherein Drake and Lamar traded increasingly personal and unverified insults in a series of songs.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Tariffs on Canadian exports and repeated insults by President Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state have Canadians pushing back with a term hockey fans may be familiar with.
    — Jalen Williams, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of insult
Noun
  • Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Yet some of us in the audience, disgusted by the persistence of Nazism and anti-immigrant invective in the present, may well appreciate the force of McQueen’s rhetoric.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of invective
Noun
  • There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of criticism
Noun
  • Judges who have ruled against the administration have been the target of increasing vitriol.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As a society navigating the choppy waters of quick-draw feuds and biting vitriol—no matter the triviality or seriousness of the topic in question—we are often cowered into joining the chorus versus belting out a solo for fear of being singled out.
    — Christina L. Sgro, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of vitriol
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“Fulmination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulmination. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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