invective
21invective — noun (U) formal rude and insulting words that someone says when they are very angry: a stream of invective …
22invective — noun the invective that spewed from Claude s lips left everyone speechless Syn: abuse, insults, expletives, swear words, swearing, curses, foul language, foul language, vituperation; denunciation, censure, vilification, revilement, reproach,… …
23Invective Against Swans — from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923), was first published prior to 1923 andis therefore in the public domain. [http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4077] The poem seems to be an insult poem slamming swans, of all… …
24invective — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English invectif, from Middle French, from Latin invectivus, from invectus, past participle of invehere Date: 15th century of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse • invectively adverb • invectiveness… …
25invective — invectively, adv. invectiveness, n. /in vek tiv/, n. 1. vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach. 2. a railing accusation; vituperation. 3. an insulting or abusive word or expression. adj. 4. vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously …
26invective — Synonyms and related words: abuse, abusive, address, after dinner speech, allocution, assailing, assault, attack, berating, billingsgate, bitter words, blackening, blameful, calumny, causticity, censorious, chalk talk, condemnatory, contemptuous …
27invective — in|vec|tive [ ın vektıv ] noun uncount FORMAL insulting language or swearing …
28invective — in·vec·tive || ɪn vektɪv n. curse, abusive words, insult …
29invective — noun abusive or highly critical language. Origin ME (orig. as adjective meaning abusive ): from OFr. invectif, ive, from late L. invectivus attacking , from invehere (see inveigh) …
30invective — I. n. 1. Abuse, contumely, reproach, censure, railing, vituperation, sarcastic attack, rhetorical assault. 2. Satire, sarcasm, pasquinade, philippic, diatribe, fling. II. a. 1. Abusive, reproachful, censorious, captious, railing, scolding. 2.… …
