inveigh
[in-vey]
verb (used without object)
to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
RELATED WORDS
vituperate, protest, castigate, condemn, scold, except, lambaste, trash, kick, object, rail, censure, admonish, upbraid, blast, reproach, berate, expostulate, roast, remonstrate
Origin of inveigh
Synonyms for inveigh
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Contemporary Examples of inveigh
Like any person with more years lived than left, my mother is too wise to inveigh against the inevitabilities of time.
Historical Examples of inveigh
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
verb
Word Origin for inveigh
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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