Synonyms for inveigh

Grammar : Verb

Spell : in-vey

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈveɪ

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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