invective
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Synonyms for invective
Synonyms: Noun
abuse, billingsgate, fulmination, obloquy, scurrility, vitriol, vituperation
Synonyms: Adjective
abusive, contumelious, opprobrious, scurrile (or scurril), scurrilous, truculent, vitriolic, vituperative, vituperatory
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Examples of invective in a Sentence
Noun
a barrage of racist invective hurled curses and invective at the driver who heedlessly cut them off in trafficAdjective
an overbearing, bullying boss who is fond of sending invective e-mails to long-suffering assistants
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Phillips came back to the podium again later with more invectives and had to be admonished by members of council to use his speaking time in a civil manner. — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Avon Lake council postpones for one week school-bus-passing vote for stricter penalties," 20 Aug. 2019 Representative Omar is hardly alone in that, nor are anti-Israel invective or outright anti-Semitism ever more than an arm’s length from the Democratic mainstream. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "America’s Other ‘Special Relationship’ Remains Worth Preserving," 18 Aug. 2019 But acting white didn’t stop people from hurling racist invective at her. — Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times, "Their U.S. roots date back centuries, but these Latinos still wonder if it’s enough to belong," 16 Aug. 2019 Mr Trump’s invective smacks of bigotry: congressmen from poor white districts do not receive insults in the same vein. — The Economist, "How to fix Baltimore," 1 Aug. 2019 The group of 12 men mocked female politicians, celebrities and journalists with sexist and homophobic invectives. — Washington Post, "Puerto Rico is in chaos, and some worry continued instability is a major threat," 18 July 2019 The invective capped almost a week of the president repeatedly employing attacks on the congresswoman and three of her minority female colleagues that lawmakers have criticized as racist. — Kathleen Hunter, Fortune, "2020 Election Update: Trump ‘Not Happy’ With ‘Send Her Back’ Chants; Warren Targets Wall Street," 18 July 2019 The political rhetoric of today may have moderated slightly, but its essence has changed very little from the old invective. — K. V. Turley, National Review, "Border Posts and Border Ghosts," 1 July 2019 The mayor’s remarks evinced the complex no-wins world in which his administration attempts to control large protests that have at times attracted the world’s attention and its invective. — oregonlive.com, "Mayor Ted Wheeler, without plan in hand, rejects Portland protest violence," 8 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Hytner tends to stay away from the self-revealing (except for his run-in with Harold Pinter, which is so invective-strewn it can’t be reproduced here without making the paragraph look like a night sky of asterisks). — Peter Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Balancing Acts' author Nicholas Hytner looks back at a successful career at London’s National Theatre," 8 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'invective.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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