Sekirov Dictionary

invective

/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/

noun 4
adjective 1
forms 3

noun4

An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
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Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
- [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ... — 2013
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A harsh or reproachful accusation.
- Politics can raise invective to a low art.

adjective1

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Characterized by invection or railing.
- Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.

forms

invectives · more invective · most invective

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