rude language and unpleasant remarks that somebody shouts when they are very angry辱骂；咒骂- The gesture infuriated him and he let out a stream of invective.这个手势激怒了他，他发出了一连串的指责。
- a speech full of invective against the government充满煽动性针对政府的演讲
Topics Feelingsc2Word Originlate Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘reviling, abusive’): from Old French invectif, -ive, from late Latin invectivus ‘attacking’, from invehere, invehi ‘be carried into, assail’, from in- ‘into’ + vehere ‘carry’. The noun is from late Latin invectiva (oratio) ‘abusive or censorious (language)’.