invective
Meaning of invective
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.
- A harsh or reproachful accusation.
Politics can raise invective to a low art.
- 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:
Meaning :
abusive, critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic, vituperative
Translation of invective
- German: Schmähung, Beschimpfung
- French: vitupération
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