invective English
Noun
( en noun)
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
Something spoken or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another.
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A harsh or reproachful accusation.
- Politics can raise invective to a low art.
Adjective
( en adjective)
Characterized by invection or railing.
- Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.
Synonyms
* ( characterized by invection or railing) abusive, critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic, vituperative
( Webster 1913)
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tirade English
Noun
( en noun)
A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe.
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, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
*, chapter=13
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse.
Synonyms
* (speech) diatribe, rant
* (section of verse) laisse
* See also
See also
* j'accuse
* tantrum
Anagrams
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