Inveigh

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inveigh \In*veigh"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inveighed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Inveighing}.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or
     bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh;
     pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See {Vehicle}, and cf.
     {Invective}.]
     To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter


     censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh
     criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use
     invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against
     character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an
     abuse.
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           All men inveighed against him; all men, except court
           vassals, opposed him.                    --Milton.
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           The artificial life against which we inveighed.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inveigh
       v 1: complain bitterly [syn: {rail}]
       2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed
          against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: {declaim}]