Inveigh

Definition of Inveigh

In`veigh´
v. i.1.To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; - with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse.
[imp. & p. p. Inveighed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveighing.]
All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him.
- Milton.
The artificial life against which we inveighed.
- Hawthorne.

Related Words

complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, rail, sound off
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