Inveigh Definition
ĭn-vā
inveighed, inveighing, inveighs
verb
inveighed, inveighing, inveighs
To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.
American Heritage
To make a violent verbal attack; talk or write bitterly (against); rail.
Webster's New World
The definition of inveigh is to rant against something, or to speak or write about something with great hostility.
When an impassioned conservative writes a long column about her opinion of a new democratic policy, this is an example of when she inveighs.
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Origin of Inveigh
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Latin invehī to attack with words, inveigh against passive of invehere to carry in in- in in–2 vehere to carry wegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.
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