invective
noun /ɪnˈvektɪv/
/ɪnˈvektɪv/
[uncountable] (formal)- 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,他破口大骂。 - a speech full of invective against the government
充满对政府的谩骂的演讲
词源late 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)’. - The gesture infuriated him and he let out a stream of invective.