inveigh
[in-vey]
- to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
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Origin of inveigh
Synonyms
See more synonyms for inveigh on Thesaurus.comharangue, revile.
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Contemporary Examples
Like any person with more years lived than left, my mother is too wise to inveigh against the inevitabilities of time.
Historical Examples
Let us not then inveigh against the goddess who blindly distributes them.
Do not, then, inveigh so much against a motive, which governs you as it governs other men?
Protection and CommunismFrederic Bastiat
You inveigh against our theory, and even against theories in general.
Economic SophismsFrederic Bastiat
He would pursue me every where, and inveigh against my infidelity.
Adventures in the Moon, and Other WorldsJohn Russell Russell
Against these he could inveigh with surety, at least, of an appreciative audience.
Satan SandersonHallie Erminie Rives
inveigh
- (intr foll by against) to speak with violent or invective language; rail
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin invehī, literally: to be carried in, hence, assail physically or verbally, from in- ² + vehī to be carried, ride
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Word Origin and History for inveigh
v.
late 15c., "to introduce," from Latin invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," passive infinitive of invehere "bring in, carry in," from in- "against" (see in- (1)) + vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1520s. Related: Inveighed; inveighing.
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