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
Aldona-Lithuanian, Polish
&Thorn;ÝRi-Ancient Scandinavian
Marcelyn-English (Rare)
MaÏA-French
Alojz-Slovene, Slovak, Croatian
Victoireveek-TWAWRFrench