Usually means: Harsh, abusive language directed at someone.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. invective: Merriam-Webster
  2. invective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. invective: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. invective: Collins English Dictionary
  5. invective: Vocabulary.com
  6. Invective, invective: Wordnik
  7. invective: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. invective: Wiktionary
  9. invective: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. invective: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. invective: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Invective, invective: Dictionary.com
  13. invective (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Invective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Invective: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. invective: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. invective: Rhymezone
  18. Invective: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. invective: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. invective: FreeDictionary.org
  21. invective: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. invective: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. invective: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Invective: Literary Terms
  2. INVECTIVE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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  1. invective: Legal dictionary

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  1. invective: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
noun:  A severe or violent censure or reproach.
noun:  Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
noun:  A harsh or reproachful accusation.
adjective:  Characterized by invection or railing.

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