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An expression which inveighs or rails against a person. / A severe or violent censure or reproach. / Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

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invective

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Source Word

invective

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/

Noun

countable uncountable

An expression which inveighs or rails against a person. / A severe or violent censure or reproach. / Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

Japanese Meaning

激しい非難、罵倒、怒号・非難の口上

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The politician responded to the invective with a calm and measured speech that won public admiration.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その政治家は罵詈雑言に対して、冷静で節度ある演説で応じ、世間の称賛を得た。

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Sense（1）

An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.

Sense（2）

A severe or violent censure or reproach.

Sense（3）

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.

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