mindmap root((辱骂)) abuse implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language: charged her husband with verbal ~. vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse: subjected his aide to a torrent of ~. invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to public denunciation: a politician known for his blistering ~. obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame or disgrace: silently endured the ~ of his former friend. scurrility implies viciousness of attack and coarseness or foulness of language: a debate that was not an exchange of ideas but an exercise in ~. billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse: a ~ that would make a drunken sailor blush. （profane亵渎，指宗教或精神方面不尊敬，如profane language亵渎的语言，sacrilegious意思相同但语气更重）