Definitions for invective

invective in·vec·tive

Spelling: [in-vek-tiv]
IPA: /ɪnˈvɛk tɪv/

Invective is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in invective (ceeiintvv).

Definitions for invective

noun

  1. vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
  2. a railing accusation; vituperation.
  3. an insulting or abusive word or expression.

adjective

  1. vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive.

Origin of invective

1400-50; late Middle English Late Latin invectīvus abusive, equivalent to Latin invect(us) (past participle of invehī to attack with words, inveigh) + -īvus

Examples for invective

As an insult, which is absolutely what it is, it satisfyingly rolls off the tongue, as all invective should.

I could not endure to change my invective into panegyric all at once, and so soon.

Compliments would earn their deliverer a stream of invective, while an insult or dirty joke “would earn his respect.”

Not succeeding, he raised his free arm in a flurry of invective.

Her piece is a colorful collection of insults, long on invective and heavy on the adjectives.

Now the hard-hearted Bella interlards her speech with invective!

Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective.

At home and abroad he exhausted himself in invective, in exhortation.

A lot of invective has been thrown their way, but that one company spends about $50 million a year on R&D.

The local government, despite all the invective directed at its leadership, seems to be functioning normally for the moment.

Word Value for invective
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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