From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 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.
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All men inveighed against him; all men, except court
vassals, opposed him. --Milton.
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The artificial life against which we inveighed.
--Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inveigh
v 1: complain bitterly [syn: {rail}, {inveigh}]
2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against
the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: {declaim},
{inveigh}]
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