Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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invective

/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/ noun, adjective

Forms invectives

  1. noun An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
  2. noun A severe or violent censure or reproach.
  3. noun Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
  4. noun A harsh or reproachful accusation. “Politics can raise invective to a low art.”
  5. adjective Characterized by invection or railing. “Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.”

Synonyms

abusive critical denunciatory satirical vitriolic vituperative vituperation vitriol

Etymology

From Middle French invective, from Medieval Latin invectiva (“abusive speech”), from Latin invectīvus, from invectus, perfect passive participle of invehō (“bring in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). See vehicle, and compare with inveigh.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
  2. noun An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; --followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny.

Etymology [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See Inveigh.]

Etymology [F. invective.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “invective”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “invective” (best matches first).