censorious+assault

  • 11invective — Synonyms and related words: abuse, abusive, address, after dinner speech, allocution, assailing, assault, attack, berating, billingsgate, bitter words, blackening, blameful, calumny, causticity, censorious, chalk talk, condemnatory, contemptuous …

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  • 12invective — I. n. 1. Abuse, contumely, reproach, censure, railing, vituperation, sarcastic attack, rhetorical assault. 2. Satire, sarcasm, pasquinade, philippic, diatribe, fling. II. a. 1. Abusive, reproachful, censorious, captious, railing, scolding. 2.… …

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  • 13vicious — vicious, villainous, iniquitous, nefarious, flagitious, infamous, corrupt, degenerate are comparable when they mean highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct. Vicious may imply an addiction to or connection with vice or… …

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