About The Word Invective
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Invective
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What's The Definition Of Invective?
[n] abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
Synonyms | Synonyms for Invective: vitriol | vituperation Related Terms | Find terms related to Invective: abuse | abusive | address | after-dinner speech | allocution | assailing | assault | attack | berating | billingsgate | bitter words | blackening | blameful | calumny | causticity | censorious | chalk talk | condemnatory | contemptuous | contumelious | contumely | cynicism | damnatory | debate | declamation | denunciatory | deprecative | deprecatory | depreciative | derisive | diatribe | disparaging | eulogy | execrating | execration | execrative | execratory | exhortation | filibuster | forensic | forensic address | formal speech | funeral oration | harangue | hard words | hortatory address | inaugural | inaugural address | innuendo | inveighing | irony | jawing | jeremiad | judgmental | objurgatory | obloquy | onslaught | opprobrious | opprobrium | oration | pep talk | peroration | philippic | pitch | prepared speech | prepared text | priggish | public speech | rating | reading | recital | recitation | reproachful | reprobative | revilement | reviling | ridiculing | sales talk | salutatory | salutatory address | sarcasm | satire | satiric wit | say | scoffing | screed | scurrile | scurrility | scurrilous | set speech | speech | speechification | speeching | talk | talkathon | tirade | tongue-lashing | truculent | valediction | valedictory | valedictory address | vilification | vilifying | vituperation | vituperative See Also | abuse | contumely | insult | revilement | vilification Invective In Webster's Dictionary \In*vec"tive\, a. [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See
{Inveigh}.]
Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory;
satirical; abusive; railing.
\In*vec"tive\, n. [F. invective.] An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives. --Sir W. Draper. Syn: Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing; diatribe. See {Abuse}. |
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