inveigh

American  

[in-vey] / ɪnˈveɪ /

verb (used without object)

1. to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed byagainst ).

   to inveigh against isolationism.

   Synonyms:

   revile, harangue

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inveigh British  

/ ɪnˈveɪ /

verb

1. to speak with violent or invective language; rail

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Other Word Forms

• inveigher noun
• uninveighing adjective

Etymology

Origin of inveigh

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

Example Sentences

But the law was popular in Uganda, a landlocked nation of over 48 million people, where religious and political leaders frequently inveigh against homosexuality.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

The intersection between people who love crypto and angrily inveigh against “cancel culture” is large and vocal, and the Millegan affair has thrown them all for a loop.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022

And Applewhite, who calls herself an “author and activist,” doesn’t just inveigh against stereotypes; she wants to nuke them, replacing terms like “seniors” and “the elderly” with “olders.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

So why would a president inveigh against it?

From Nature • Oct. 22, 2019

This then being the sad case, to inveigh against Blake’s biographer is utterly idle and hardly honest.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles