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.

YourDictionary

(intransitive) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against (formerly also with on, at, upon). [from 16th c.]

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Origin of Inveigh

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
From Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.

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