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inveigh

[ in-vey ]

verb (used without object)

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

    to inveigh against isolationism.

    Synonyms: revile, harangue



inveigh

/ ɪnˈveɪ /

verb

  1. intrfoll byagainst to speak with violent or invective language; rail


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Derived Forms

  • inˈveigher, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·veigher noun
  • unin·veighing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inveigh1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inveigh1

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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Example Sentences

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.

As a matter of fact, they were no better nor any worse than the men against whom a whimsical vanity caused them to inveigh.

She would fly off to Aunt Betha to inquire into the matter, and would inveigh upon her want of management with some asperity.

Did she become a woman's rights woman and inveigh against man's tyranny and woman's weak submission?

The poisons generated by remorse inveigh against the system, and eventually produce marked physical deterioration.

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