Antonyms for invective
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-vek-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɛk tɪv |
Definition of invective
Origin :- 1520s, from Medieval Latin invectiva "abusive speech," from Late Latin invectivus "abusive," from Latin invectus, past participle of invehi "to attack with words" (see inveigh). For nuances of usage, see humor. The earlier noun form was inveccion (mid-15c.).
- noun verbal abuse
- Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Now the hard-hearted Bella interlards her speech with invective!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I could not endure to change my invective into panegyric all at once, and so soon.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Not succeeding, he raised his free arm in a flurry of invective.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- At home and abroad he exhausted himself in invective, in exhortation.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- The next moment I was beyond the reach of his insolence and his invective.
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- She began her invective with the following Magyar "quousque tandem!"
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- In impotent rage the discomfited Jews resorted to invective and calumny.
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- They have assailed his memory with invective that does not stop short at false statement.
- Extract from : « Rembrandt » by Josef Israels
Synonyms for invective
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