INVECTIVENESS Synonyms

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• a severe rebuke

• an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

• a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

• expletives used informally as intensifiers

• put or pin the blame on

• harass with constant criticism

• attribute responsibility to

• a severe scolding

• verbal punishment

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

• (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)

• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

• the condition of being strongly disapproved of

• (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• a public act of denouncing

• a communication that belittles somebody or something

• the act of speaking contemptuously of

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• severe censure

• state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

• a state of extreme dishonor

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

• material for making rails or rails collectively

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• censure severely or angrily

• a mild rebuke or criticism

• disgrace or shame

• express criticism towards

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• rebuking a person harshly

• rebuking a person harshly

• slanderous defamation

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

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