inveigh Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb complain bitterly
    rail.
  2. verb speak against in an impassioned manner
    declaim.
    • he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society

WordNet

In*veigh" intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inveighed ; present participle & verbal noun Inveighing
Definitions
  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.
    All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton.
    The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.

Webster 1913