Another word for railing
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Noun
Harsh, often insulting language
- The act or an instance of vituperating.
- Sustained, harshly critical language; invective.
- The property of being scurrilous.
- A scurrilous act or remark
- The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
- A vulgar, coarse, or abusive remark or passage.
- The act of reviling.
- Ill repute, disgrace, or infamy resulting from this
- Verbal abuse of a person or thing; censure or vituperation, esp. when widespread or general
- The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute.
- A denunciatory or abusive expression or discourse:
- A violent verbal attack; strong criticism, insults, curses, etc.; vituperation
- Denunciatory or abusive language; vituperation:
- An insolent or arrogant remark or act.
- Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
- Haughty and contemptuous rudeness; insulting and humiliating treatment or language
- Foul, vulgar, abusive talk
- Foul, abusive language.
- Improper or excessive use; misuse:
- Physical maltreatment or violence:
- Sexual abuse.
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Another word for railing
Noun
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- A handrail, especially on a staircase.
- A handrail together with the balusters that support it, as along a staircase
- One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
- One who receives and sells stolen goods.
- An adjustable guide with a flat edge used on a table saw and positioned parallel to the plane of the cutting attachment in order to keep the board properly positioned for the cut to be made at the correct distance from the board's edge.
- (Baseball) The fence, wall, etc. at the back of the outfield: a hit over this is a home run
- A structure, as along a stairway, consisting of a handrail supported by balusters
- A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.
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