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单词 invective
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Definition of invective in English:

invective

noun ɪnˈvɛktɪvɪnˈvɛktɪv
mass noun
  • Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.

    痛骂,辱骂,咒骂,猛烈抨击

    he let out a stream of invective

    他骂个不停。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The wilful Welshman was quick to test his new manager, reacting to that substitution at The Valley with a stream of invective.
    • We've all hurled invective into voicemail's dead ears as it runs through its unholy litanies.
    • The thing about Jo, and she's so graceful with it, is that she gets more bile and invective than any other comic because she's a woman.
    • Even the thought of it unleashes a stream of invective.
    • Coming across like a crank, or ranting and throwing around exaggerated invective, is another.
    • It didn't help, of course, not really, but at least there were no innocent bystanders around to suffer my invective.
    • He has blown onto the scene in a torrent of invective, firing broadside after broadside at the crumbling bastions of public morality.
    • She didn't understand this so hurled another stream of invective at me.
    • The appointed writer for the day polishes them up with the appropriate invective and posts them.
    • A skillful public speaker who mixed invective with humour, he did not disappoint the crowd of about 500.
    • Soccer worldwide makes a science of invective against match officials after any game turning decision goes against them.
    • News reaches me, however, of referees fighting back against what seems to be a tidal wave of invective and abuse hurled in their direction.
    • After reading your invective harangue I've only one question: What would you know of polite circles?
    • There's a long road ahead of us, and invective at this stage doesn't help us in any way.
    • John is old and waiting to die but the prospect of death hasn't dulled his appetite for invective or his irreverence for the great and the good.
    • The satire is so laden with invective and is so dense that I wish there was an annotated version of this book to read which would make it much easier to read.
    • As is the custom at the Star Tribune, the editorial was long on invective and short on facts.
    • Mr Moore fired up the young crowd with a potent combination of satire, humour, invective and righteous anger.
    • Rarely have I read a more bitter, laudably splenetic piece of invective.
    • Both load up their arguments with gobs of personal invective, which also makes me suspicious of their arguments.
    Synonyms
    abuse, insults, vituperation, expletives, swear words, swearing, curses, bad language, foul language
    denunciation, censure, revilement, vilification, castigation, recrimination, reproach, reproval, admonition
    informal tongue-lashing
    archaic contumely, billingsgate, obloquy

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning 'reviling, abusive'): from Old French invectif, -ive, from late Latin invectivus 'attacking', from invehere (see inveigh). The noun is from late Latin invectiva (oratio) 'abusive or censorious (language)'.

Definition of invective in US English:

invective

nounɪnˈvɛktɪvinˈvektiv
  • Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.

    痛骂,辱骂,咒骂,猛烈抨击

    he let out a stream of invective

    他骂个不停。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Soccer worldwide makes a science of invective against match officials after any game turning decision goes against them.
    • The appointed writer for the day polishes them up with the appropriate invective and posts them.
    • John is old and waiting to die but the prospect of death hasn't dulled his appetite for invective or his irreverence for the great and the good.
    • The thing about Jo, and she's so graceful with it, is that she gets more bile and invective than any other comic because she's a woman.
    • Mr Moore fired up the young crowd with a potent combination of satire, humour, invective and righteous anger.
    • News reaches me, however, of referees fighting back against what seems to be a tidal wave of invective and abuse hurled in their direction.
    • Rarely have I read a more bitter, laudably splenetic piece of invective.
    • Coming across like a crank, or ranting and throwing around exaggerated invective, is another.
    • We've all hurled invective into voicemail's dead ears as it runs through its unholy litanies.
    • A skillful public speaker who mixed invective with humour, he did not disappoint the crowd of about 500.
    • It didn't help, of course, not really, but at least there were no innocent bystanders around to suffer my invective.
    • The wilful Welshman was quick to test his new manager, reacting to that substitution at The Valley with a stream of invective.
    • As is the custom at the Star Tribune, the editorial was long on invective and short on facts.
    • The satire is so laden with invective and is so dense that I wish there was an annotated version of this book to read which would make it much easier to read.
    • There's a long road ahead of us, and invective at this stage doesn't help us in any way.
    • Even the thought of it unleashes a stream of invective.
    • She didn't understand this so hurled another stream of invective at me.
    • After reading your invective harangue I've only one question: What would you know of polite circles?
    • Both load up their arguments with gobs of personal invective, which also makes me suspicious of their arguments.
    • He has blown onto the scene in a torrent of invective, firing broadside after broadside at the crumbling bastions of public morality.
    Synonyms
    abuse, insults, vituperation, expletives, swear words, swearing, curses, bad language, foul language

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘reviling, abusive’): from Old French invectif, -ive, from late Latin invectivus ‘attacking’, from invehere (see inveigh). The noun is from late Latin invectiva (oratio) ‘abusive or censorious (language)’.

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