Invective definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INVEC'TIVE, n. [L. inveho ... be intended to the good of the person reproved; but invective proceeds from an enemy, and is intended to give pain ... or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn: vituperation, invective, vitriol] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: Middle English invectif ... f. LL invectivus attacking (as INVEIGH) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Invective In*vec"tive, a. [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See ... invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Invective In*vec"tive, n. [F. invective.] An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; ...
... unjustly, intemperately, and angrily 5. physical maltreatment Synonyms: abuse, vituperation, invective, obloquy, billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. abuse the ... 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 ... of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer. Syn: Invective; contumely; reproach; scurrility; insult; opprobrium. Usage: Abuse, Invective. Abuse is generally prompted by anger, and vented in harsh ... and unseemly words. It is more personal and coarse than invective. Abuse generally takes place in private quarrels; invective in ...
... of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer. Syn: Invective; contumely; reproach; scurrility; insult; opprobrium. Usage: Abuse, Invective. Abuse is generally prompted by anger, and vented in harsh ... and unseemly words. It is more personal and coarse than invective. Abuse generally takes place in private quarrels; invective in writing or public discussions. Invective may be conveyed in refined language and dictated by indignation ...
... used to denote any discourse or declamation full of acrimonious invective. The fourteen orations of Cicero against Mark Anthony are also ... Macedon. 2. Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Invective. Moby Thesaurus abuse, address, after-dinner speech, allocution, assailing, assault ... funeral oration, harangue, hard words, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jawing, jeremiad, onslaught, oration, pep talk, peroration, pitch, prepared speech ...
... diatribe.] A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic ... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Disputation, dissertation, disquisition. 2. Invective, philippic, strain of invective stream of abuse, reviling, tirade. Moby Thesaurus abuse, address, after ... funeral oration, harangue, hard words, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jawing, jeremiad, onslaught, oration, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared ...
... declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language ... COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Strain of invective, series of violent declamation, diatribe. Moby Thesaurus abundance, abuse, address ... gushing, harangue, hard words, hortatory address, howl, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jawing, jeremiad, keen, lament, lecture, logorrhea, macrology, moan, murmur, mutter ...
Invection definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary INVEC'TION, n. Invective, which see. [Invection is little used.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... vec"tion, n. [L. invectio. See Inveigh.] An inveighing against; invective. [Obs.] --Fulke.
... T`AUNT, n. Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... Taunt Taunt, n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. --Shak. With sacrilegious ...
... serpents. 2. Very bitter in enmity; malignant; as a virulent invective. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: extremely poisonous or ... actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. Virulent feelings or actions are ...