The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABUSE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2008.
Invective crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABUSE | 50 % | 5 |
| OATH | 33 % | 4 |
| RANT | 8 % | 4 |
| SCORN | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Invective
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vituperation
- vitriol
- name-calling
- contumely
- abuse
- vituperative
- vitriolic
- vituperations
- diatribes
- polemic
- vulgarities
- obscenities
Crossword Answer definitions
ABUSE noun- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
- Catachresis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
- To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- To violate; defile; to rape.
- Misrepresent; adulterate.
- To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
- Disuse.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABUSE
- Badmouth
- Willful destruction
- Take for granted
- Maltreatment
- Bad treatment
- Treat harmfully
- Battery, e.g.
- Mistreatment
- Mistreat
- Treat scandalously
More clues leading to the result OATH
- Formal declaration
- Four-letter word
- Hippocratic __
- Inauguration words
- Courtroom promise
- Declaration
- Promise to tell the truth
- Swear words?
- Boy Scout recitation
- Curse
More clues leading to the result RANT
- Get hot under the collar
- Give a fire-and-brimstone sermon
- Rave
- Rave's partner
- Carry on
- Companion of rave
- Speak wildly
- Long lecture
- Babble on
- Deliver a diatribe