INVECTIVE Synonyms

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• containing warning of punishment

• exposing human folly to ridicule

• (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry

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

• expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

• subject to bitter verbal abuse

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

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

• marked by harshly abusive criticism