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invective

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of invective

harsh insulting language

  • hurled curses and invective at the driver who heedlessly cut them off in traffic
Synonyms of invective

abuse, billingsgate, fulmination, obloquy, scurrility, vitriol, vituperation
Words Related to invective

blackguardism

blasphemy, curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, profanity

epithet, insult, put-down, slur

expletive, swearword

aspersion, bad-mouthing, belittlement, disparagement, revilement, vilification

castigation, chastisement, criticism, excoriation, opprobrium, rebuke, reprimand, reproof

broadside, diatribe, harangue, polemic, tirade
Near Antonyms of invective

acclaim, applause, commendation, praise

compliments, congratulations, endearments, felicitations

adulation, blarney, flattery, overpraise, soft soap

Synonym Discussion of invective

abuse, vituperation, invective, obloquy, billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. abuse, the most general term, usually implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language.
    • scathing verbal abuse
vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse.
    • a torrent of vituperation
invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation.
    • blistering political invective
obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace.
    • subjected to obloquy and derision
billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse.
    • directed a stream of billingsgate at the cabdriver

invective

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of invective

marked by harsh insulting language

  • an overbearing, bullying boss who is fond of sending invective e-mails to long-suffering assistants
Synonyms of invective

abusive, contumelious, opprobrious, scurrile (or scurril), scurrilous, truculent, vitriolic, vituperative, vituperatory
Words Related to invective

affronting, insulting, offending, offensive, outrageous, outraging

coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross, indecent, nasty, obscene, potty-mouthed, vulgar

contemptuous, disdainful, scornful

defamatory, libelous (or libellous), scandalous, slanderous

maligning, traducing, vilifying

hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful

immoderate, intemperate, unbridled, unrestrained
Near Antonyms of invective

moderate, temperate

deferential, respectful

civil, courteous, gracious, mannerly, polite

discreet, judicious, tempered

encomiastic, laudative, laudatory, praiseful

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