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  1. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  2. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  3. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  4. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  5. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  6. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
  7. spurn
    reject with contempt
  8. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  9. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  10. bandy
    discuss lightly
  11. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  12. upbraid
    express criticism towards
Created on Wed May 23 12:37:22 EDT 2012 (updated Sun May 27 10:36:50 EDT 2012)

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