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• invective — 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.… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Detraction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Detraction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 detraction detraction disparagement depreciation vilification obloquy scurrility scandal defamation aspersion traducement slander calumny obtrectation …   English dictionary for students

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …   English dictionary for students

• pitch — Synonyms and related words: AF, French pitch, abuse, acme, address, after dinner speech, allocution, amount, angularity, apex, apogee, ascend, asphalt, assail, assault, assist, attack, audio frequency, ballyhoo, bank, base, belabor, belly buster …   Moby Thesaurus

• say — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, Parthian shot, about, absolute power, absolutism, acknowledge, acme, address, affirm, affirmance, affirmation, after dinner speech, allegation, allege, allocution, almost, animadvert,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• satire — n. Ridicule, sarcasm, invective, irony, philippic, diatribe, fling, squib, lampoon, pasquinade, burlesque, wit, humor, cutting remark …   New dictionary of synonyms

• libel — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation, scandal, yellow journalism, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• scoff — n 1. jeer, gibe, sneer, fleer, flout, fling, raillery, chaff; poke, dig, cut, rub, barb; insult, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy, slur, invective, disparagement, defamation; taunt, quip, wisecrack, thrust, skit; boo, hiss, hoot, catcall, cry, U …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• slander — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation; scandal, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder