Anyone who has no more ideas to convey may be tempted to resort to invective.
Source: tatoeba (9820585)
Invective
//ɪnˈvɛktɪv//
Synonyms for "invective" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
jeremiadjudgmentalobjurgatoryobloquyonslaughtopprobriousopprobriumorationpep talkperorationphilippicpitchprepared speechprepared textpriggishpublic speechrailleryratingreadingrecital
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recitationreproachfulreprobativerevilementrevilingridiculingsales talksalutatorysalutatory addresssarcasmsatiresatiric witsayscoffingscreedscurrilescurrilityscurrilousset speechspeechspeechificationspeechingtalktalkathontiradetongue lashingtongue-lashingtruculentvaledictionvaledictoryvaledictory addressvilificationvilifyingvituperative
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
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More general
5 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- обиден adj (characterized by invection or railing)
- ругателен adj (characterized by invection or railing)
- ругатни noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- хули noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Catalan
1 entries- invectiva noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Dutch
1 entries- scheldwoord noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
French
1 entries- invective noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
German
1 entries- Invektive noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Hebrew
1 entries- נְאָצָה noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Hungarian
4 entries- gorombaság noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- gyalázkodás noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- kirohanás noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- szidalmazás noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Italian
2 entries- invettivo adj (characterized by invection or railing)
- invettiva noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Latin
3 entries- contumēlia noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- convīcium noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- maledictum noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Māori
1 entries- kaioraora noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schempwuat noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Portuguese
1 entries- invectiva noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- invektiva noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Spanish
4 entries- denostación noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- denuesto noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- improperio noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
- invectiva noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Swedish
1 entries- invektiv noun (something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The president, however, has been arguing otherwise and hurling his “fake news” invective at media pointing out the discrepancy.
Source: tatoeba (12139589)
Her so-called essay was actually an invective against the entire academy.
Source: tatoeba (13562176)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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