Invective Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-vĕktĭv
Of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. abusive
  2. contumelious
  3. opprobrious
  4. scurrilous
  5. vituperative
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Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. vituperation
  2. insult
  3. denunciation
  4. diatribe
  5. abusive
  6. berating
  7. tirade
  8. billingsgate
  9. contumely
  10. denunciatory
  11. condemnation
  12. reproach
  13. scurrile
  14. venom
  15. vitriol

Words Related to Invective

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Invective Sentence Examples

  • The coalition, and Fox in particular, were assailed in a torrent of most telling invective and caricature.

  • Nevertheless he quickly fought back, hurling invective against Kautsky for all he was worth.

  • In 1798 he published L'Inde en rapport avec l'Europe (Hamburg, 2 vols.), which contained much invective against the English, and numerous misrepresentations.

  • He speaks with emphasis of the impressiveness of Cato's eulogy and the satiric bitterness of his invective.

  • Invective and apology he scorns alike, nor troubles himself to show, with Claudian, even a suppressed grief at the indignities put upon the old religion by the new.

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