Fulminatory

Fulminatory
Fulminatory Ful"mi*na*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. fulminatoire.] Thundering; striking terror. --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]

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  • fulminatory — adj. thundering; striking terror …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fulminatory — fulˈminatory adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑fulminate …   Useful english dictionary

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  • fulminate — 1. verb /fʌlˈmɪn.eɪt/ a) To make a verbal attack. the present owners couldnt afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines. b) To issue a… …   Wiktionary

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  • abusive — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, atrocious, back biting, backhand, backhanded, belittling, bitchy, blackening, blameful, blasphemous, bludgeoning, blustering, browbeating, brutal, bulldozing, bullying, calumniatory, calumnious, catty,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • blasphemous — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, abusive, apostate, atheistic, backsliding, calumniatory, calumnious, comminatory, contumelious, cursing, damnatory, denunciatory, dirty, disrespectful, dysphemistic, epithetic, evil, excommunicative,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • contumelious — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, abusive, arrogant, atrocious, audacious, back biting, backhand, backhanded, belittling, bitchy, blasphemous, bold, brazen, bumptious, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, cavalier, censorious, clannish,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cursing — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, abusive, bad language, billingsgate, blasphemous, blue language, calumniatory, calumnious, colorful language, comminatory, contumelious, cussing, damnatory, denunciatory, dirty, dirty language, dirty talk …   Moby Thesaurus

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