TONGUE-LASHINGS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

tongue-lashings

noun

plural of tongue-lashing

as in invectives

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Noun

At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Riley would have invented invectives.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of invectives

Noun

Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee once put it this way about why some golfer tirades add character while others are despised.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Lion was taken into custody early Saturday morning in the Palisades after what a neighbor described as antisemitic tirades.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Definition of tirades

Noun

The United States also revoked a license for Iran to sell oil in response to a series of attacks on the commercial vessels that the regime has not taken responsibility for.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 8 July 2026
This appears to be one of Kyiv's deepest attacks on Russian territory since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of attacks

Noun

The lethality of the Russian assaults on Kyiv in the past week displays the challenge Ukraine faces in protecting its capital as Russia innovates and steps up its attacks.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Rubicon focuses on targeting Ukrainian drone crews, electronic warfare systems and logistics routes located 10 to 40 kilometers behind the front, rather than directly supporting assaults, according to Lee and Putiata.

— David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of assaults

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Mention of women has also not been absent in the president’s disrespectful rants.

— Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

Definition of rants

Noun

Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes.

— Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Academics in particular knew the impact of his anti-college diatribes, demonizing of university professors, and literal targeting of them with Professor Watchlist.

— Karen J. Leader, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of diatribes

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