inveigh

[ in-vey ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.

Origin of inveigh

1
1480–90; <Latin invehī to attack with words, equivalent to in-in-2 + vehī passive infinitive of vehere to ride, drive, sail (cf. wain)

Other words for inveigh

Other words from inveigh

  • in·veigh·er, noun
  • un·in·veigh·ing, adjective

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How to use inveigh in a sentence

  • Like any person with more years lived than left, my mother is too wise to inveigh against the inevitabilities of time.

  • She would even wildly inveigh against the doctor, whom she accused of being in the pay of Max to drag her away.

    By Birth a Lady | George Manville Fenn
  • As a matter of fact, they were no better nor any worse than the men against whom a whimsical vanity caused them to inveigh.

    Windjammers and Sea Tramps | Walter Runciman
  • She would fly off to Aunt Betha to inquire into the matter, and would inveigh upon her want of management with some asperity.

    Salome | Emma Marshall
  • Did she become a woman's rights woman and inveigh against man's tyranny and woman's weak submission?

    Hubert's Wife | Minnie Mary Lee
  • The poisons generated by remorse inveigh against the system, and eventually produce marked physical deterioration.

    Sister Carrie | Theodore Dreiser

British Dictionary definitions for inveigh

inveigh

/ (ɪnˈveɪ) /


verb
  1. (intr foll by against) to speak with violent or invective language; rail

Origin of inveigh

1
C15: from Latin invehī, literally: to be carried in, hence, assail physically or verbally, from in- ² + vehī to be carried, ride

Derived forms of inveigh

  • inveigher, noun

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