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invective

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈvɛktɪv/Part of speech nounSorted ceeiintvvStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

Word origin

From Middle French invective, from Medieval Latin invectiva (“abusive speech”), from Latin invectīvus, from invectus, perfect passive participle of invehō (“bring in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). See vehicle, and compare with inveigh.

Used in a sentence

  • [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
  • Politics can raise invective to a low art.
  • Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.

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