Definitions for: Inveigh


[v] speak against, in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"
[v] complain bitterly



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

All men inveighed against him; all men, except court
vassals, opposed him. --Milton.

The artificial life against which we inveighed.
--Hawthorne.

Synonyms: declaim, rail

See Also: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, protest, quetch, sound off

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