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
Pallabi-Bengali
Lalita-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Faizel-Arabic
Yulian-Russian, Bulgarian
Chiyembekezochee-yem-bay-KAY-zoSouthern African, Chewa
Khwaja-Persian