invective

Meaning of invective

noun
  1. An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
  2. A severe or violent censure or reproach.
  3. Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
  4. A harsh or reproachful accusation.
    Politics can raise invective to a low art.
adjective
  1. Characterized by invection or railing.
    Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.

Information about invective

Hyphenation of invective

in-vec-tive

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • invective is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

invective synonyms

Meaning vituperation:

vituperation, vitriol

Meaning :

abusive, critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic, vituperative

Translation of invective

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