verbal assault



verbal assault

Very hostile speech directed at someone. Don't talk to Stan today—I just tried to ask him a simple question, and I got a verbal assault. A: "Why are you crying?" B: "The professor gave me a verbal assault in the middle of my presentation."
See also: assault, verbal

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IzaÄK-Dutch
BedŘIch-Czech
GÉRardzhe-RAHRFrench
Gwilym-Welsh
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Nikandros-Ancient Greek