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verbal

adjective

he was given a verbal assurance that his application would be approved:

oral, spoken, said, uttered, articulated, expressed, stated, verbalized, vocal, unwritten, by mouth, word-of-mouth;

Latin viva voce.

▷antonyms non-verbal, unspoken; written.

noun

British, informal

I'd go out on the pitch and get a load of verbal from the crowd:

abuse, stream/torrent of abuse, teasing, hectoring, jeering, barracking, cursing, scolding, upbraiding, rebuke, reproval, castigation, revilement, vilification, vituperation, defamation, slander, flak;

insults, curses, aspersions;

informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing, a lashing, a roasting, a caning;

British, informal stick, slagging off, slagging, slating, a rollicking, a wigging, a rocket;

British, vulgar slang a bollocking.

▷antonyms praise.

verbal Oxford Dictionary of English