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To declaim against, to rail against.
All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. — .
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inveigh against — ˌinveigh ˈagainst [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they inveigh against he/she/it inveighs against present participle inveighing against … Useful english dictionary
inveigh against — index censure, condemn (blame), contemn, decry, defame, impugn, reprimand, reproach … Law dictionary
inveigh against — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms inveigh against : present tense I/you/we/they inveigh against he/she/it inveighs against present participle inveighing against past tense inveighed against past participle inveighed against very formal inveigh … English dictionary
inveigh against — speak or write about with great hostility. → inveigh … English new terms dictionary
inveigh against — Synonyms and related words: accuse, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, blame, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, complain against, condemn, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn,… … Moby Thesaurus
inveigh against — Censure, reproach, condemn, blame, denounce, declaim against, rail at, exclaim against, vituperate … New dictionary of synonyms
inveigh against somebody — inˈveigh against sb/sth derived (formal) to criticize sb/sth strongly Main entry: ↑inveighderived … Useful english dictionary
inveigh against something — inˈveigh against sb/sth derived (formal) to criticize sb/sth strongly Main entry: ↑inveighderived … Useful english dictionary
Inveigh — In*veigh , 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inveigh — ► VERB (inveigh against) ▪ speak or write about with great hostility. ORIGIN originally in the sense «introduce»: from Latin invehere carry in , invehi be carried into, attack … English terms dictionary
