Antonyms for inveigh
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-vey |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈveɪ |
Definition of inveigh
Origin :- late 15c., "to introduce," from Latin invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," passive infinitive of invehere "bring in, carry in," from in- "against" (see in- (1)) + vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1520s. Related: Inveighed; inveighing.
- verb blame, denounce
- Let us not then inveigh against the goddess who blindly distributes them.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 » by Various
- Do not, then, inveigh so much against a motive, which governs you as it governs other men?
- Extract from : « Protection and Communism » by Frederic Bastiat
- You inveigh against our theory, and even against theories in general.
- Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
- He would pursue me every where, and inveigh against my infidelity.
- Extract from : « Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds » by John Russell Russell
- Against these he could inveigh with surety, at least, of an appreciative audience.
- Extract from : « Satan Sanderson » by Hallie Erminie Rives
- In a sportsman it would be most ungracious to inveigh against English weather.
- Extract from : « An American at Oxford » by John Corbin
- As soon as he caught sight of the Immortals he began to inveigh against them.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of China » by E. T. C. Werner
- Neither by word nor deed did he ever inveigh against circumcision.
- Extract from : « Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians » by Martin Luther
- I came not to inveigh against the folly or malignity of such conduct.
- Extract from : « Jane Talbot » by Charles Brockden Brown
- I did not mount this rostrum to inveigh against the British; only the demagogues, the war faction I exclaim against.
- Extract from : « A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. » by Benjamin Waterhouse
Synonyms for inveigh
- admonish
- berate
- blast
- castigate
- censure
- condemn
- crack down on
- except
- expostulate
- go after
- have at
- jump down one's throat
- kick
- lambaste
- lay into
- lay out
- let have it
- object
- protest
- rail
- read out
- recriminate
- remonstrate
- reproach
- rip into
- roast
- scold
- scorch
- sound off
- tongue-lash
- trash
- upbraid
- vituperate
- work over
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