invective
Collocations
5ADJ.
against, entire, fake, last, low
VERB + INVECTIVE
raise, resort
INVECTIVE + NOUN
media
PREP.
about, than
ADV.
actually
Definitions
noun
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.
[A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
A harsh or reproachful accusation.
Politics can raise invective to a low art.
adj
Characterized by invection or railing.
Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censur
- vituperation
- vitriol
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against th
Wiktionary[A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
WiktionaryPolitics can raise invective to a low art.
WiktionaryTom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.
WiktionaryAnyone who has no more ideas to convey may be tempted to resort to invective.
Tatoeba · #9820585The president, however, has been arguing otherwise and hurling his “fake news” invective at media pointing out the discrepancy.
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