Definition of Inveigh

1. Verb. Complain bitterly.

Exact synonyms: Rail
Generic synonyms: Complain, Kick, Kvetch, Plain, Quetch, Sound Off

2. Verb. Speak against in an impassioned manner. "He declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"
Exact synonyms: Declaim
Generic synonyms: Protest
Derivative terms: Declamation

Definition of Inveigh

1. v. i. 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.

Definition of Inveigh

1. Verb. (intransitive) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism (term against) (formerly also with (term on), (term at), (term upon)). (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle. (defdate 17th-19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inveigh

1. to protest angrily [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inveigh

inveagle
inveagled
inveagles
invecked
invect
invected
invecting
invection
invections
invective
invectively
invectiveness
invectivenesses
invectives
invects
inveigh (current term)
inveighed
inveigher
inveighers
inveighing
inveighs
inveigle
inveigled
inveiglement
inveiglements
inveigler
inveiglers
inveigles
inveigling
inveil

Literary usage of Inveigh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"... you will inveigh against me, and denounce me, and ruin my trade if I have not faith ; but 1 have faith, and here are ten rupees over and above for you. ..."

2. A Theological Dictionary by Charles Buck (1807)
"ttrs may inveigh against vice with sharpness and severity, both privately and publicly, ... inveigh ..."

3. English Composition as a Social Problem by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1917)
"words that say a thing most satisfyingly, whether in recitations or in writing verse. But it is probably of no more effect to inveigh ..."

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