Anyone who has no more ideas to convey may be tempted to resort to invective.
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Invective
/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/
Synonyms for "invective" (143 found)
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Closest matches (29)
abuseabusiveaddressafter-dinner speechallocutionaspersionassailingassaultattackbackbitingberatingbillingsgatebitter wordsblackeningblamefulcalumnycausticitycensoriouschalk talkcondemnatory
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Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
ironyjawingjeremiadjudgmentalobjurgatoryobloquyonslaughtopprobriousopprobriumorationpep talkperorationphilippicpitchprepared speechprepared textpriggishpublic speechrailleryrating
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readingrecitalrecitationreproachfulreprobativerevilementrevilingridiculingsales talksalutatorysalutatory addresssarcasmsatiresatiric witsayscoffingscreedscurrilescurrilityscurrilousset speechspeechspeechificationspeechingtalktalkathontiradetongue lashingtongue-lashingtruculentvaledictionvaledictoryvaledictory addressvilificationvilifyingvituperationvituperative
Noun(12 words)
Adjective(2 words)
pejorative epithetverbal attack
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8 entriesinvective critiqueinvective expressioninvective languageinvective remarksinvective rhetoricinvective tiradeinvective toneverbal invective
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7 total sentences available.
The president, however, has been arguing otherwise and hurling his “fake news” invective at media pointing out the discrepancy.
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Her so-called essay was actually an invective against the entire academy.
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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.
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