fulmination

[ fuhl-muh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. a violent denunciation or censure:

   a sermon that was one long fulmination.

2. violent explosion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulmination¹

1495–1505; < Latin fulminātiōn- (stem of fulminātiō ) a thundering, fuming. See fulminate, -ion

Example Sentences

That Klan leader, Clarence Brandenburg, was an odious white supremacist who delivered a speech full of hateful fulminations.

From Salon

Thursday, in other words, was a rare chance for voters to experience a part of the Trump Legal Cinematic Universe for themselves, not through the analysis of pundits or the fulminations of the defendant.

From New York Times

Eventually the fulminations from conservatives reached such a fever pitch that the campaign put out word to its supporters not to worry: No endorsement could save Mr. Biden.

From New York Times

The traditional Reaganite critiques of big government waste, inefficiency and onerous regulations have been increasingly supplanted by radical fulminations against the “deep state” that sound more like The Turner Diaries than The Road to Serfdom.

From Salon

I am not one of those who believes in Trump’s secret strategic genius, and I don’t see his unhinged fulminations as a calculated political masterstroke.

From Los Angeles Times