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Inveigh
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Inveigh has 2 senses
- inveigh(v = verb.communication) rail - complain bitterly; Array is one way to complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
- inveigh(v = verb.communication) declaim - speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" is one way to protest
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Inveigh, v. i. [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. [1913 Webster]
"All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him."
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"The artificial life against which we inveighed."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Inveigh, v.intr. (foll. by against) speak or write with strong hostility.
Etymology
L invehi go into, assail (as IN-(2), vehi passive of vehere vect- carry)
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