Definitions
1.nounAn expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
2.nounA severe or violent censure or reproach.
3.nounSomething spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
4.nounA harsh or reproachful accusation."Politics can raise invective to a low art."
5.adjectiveCharacterized by invection or railing."Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last."