inveigh : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inveigh	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inveigh v complain bitterly Synonym(s): rail, inveigh speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" Synonym(s): declaim, inveigh
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inveigh \Inveigh"\, 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.