TONGUE-LASHINGS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

tongue-lashings

noun

plural of tongue-lashing

as in invectives

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Noun

These invectives evidently haven’t spooked Son, who once predicted that AI superintelligence would exist by 2035.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of invectives

Noun

Her scrolled embroideries have since been described as tirades, rants, and screeds—no horses or cables, just the language pummeling the eye.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee once put it this way about why some golfer tirades add character while others are despised.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 June 2026

Definition of tirades

Noun

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Tuesday that Russian strikes on Kyiv had killed one person and wounded seven other people since the start of the day, with attacks carried out on the capital's gas stations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said Tuesday that Russian strikes on Kyiv had killed one person and wounded seven other people since the start of the day, with attacks carried out on the capital’s gas stations.

— Liudas Dapkus, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacks

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Independent Russian media regularly report about returning veterans involved in assaults, drunken brawls and even killings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Research published in Nurse Leader shows assaults on nursing personnel rose from just over 14,000 in 2019 to nearly 24,000 in 2023.

— Jason Fass, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of assaults

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Sean Gardner / Getty Images Blaney is the current driver best known for his spicy radio rants, following in the steps of such colorful greats like Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Feel free to send me your rants and raves as well as your questions.

— Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of rants

Noun

Design After endless diatribes about the quirky lines of Ferrari’s all-electric Luce, the marque’s enthusiasts will find that the Amalfi Spider’s long-hood, raked-screen, and open-top lines are comfortingly familiar and unquestionably gorgeous.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes.

— Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026

Definition of diatribes

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