inveigh+against

  • 21inveigh — [ɪn veɪ] verb (inveigh against) speak or write about with great hostility. Origin C15 (in the sense carry in ): from L. invehere carry in , invehi be carried into, assail …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 22inveigh — verb inveigh against sb/sth phrasal verb (T) formal to criticize someone or something strongly …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23inveigh — /ɪnˈveɪ / (say in vay) verb (i) to attack vehemently in words; rail: to inveigh against democracy. {Middle English inveh, from Latin invehere carry or bear into, assail} –inveigher, noun …

  • 24inveigh — I verb attack, blast, cry out against, denounce, dispraise, exclaim against, fulminate, impugn, incessere, increpare, insectari, lash, protest against, rage against, rail, raise one s voice against, rate, revile, scold, score, storm against,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 25inveigh — (v.) late 15c., to introduce, from L. invehi to attack with words, originally carry oneself against, passive infinitive of invehere bring in, carry in, from in against (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + vehere to carry (see VEHICLE (Cf. vehicle)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 26inveigh — [in vā′] vi. [ME invehen < L invehi, to assail, attack with words, pass. of invehere, to bring in < in , in, to + vehere, to carry: see VEHEMENT] to make a violent verbal attack; talk or write bitterly (against); rail inveigher n …

    English World dictionary

  • 27inveigh —  , inveigle  Occasionally confused. The first means to speak strongly against ( He inveighed against the rise in taxes ). The second means to entice or cajole ( They inveigled an invitation to the party ) …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 28inveigh, inveigle —    Occasionally confused. The first means to speak strongly against ( She inveighed against the rise in taxes ). The second means to entice or cajole ( They inveigled an invitation to the party ) …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 29inveigh, inveigle —    Occasionally confused. The first means to speak strongly against ( She inveighed against the rise in taxes ). The second means to entice or cajole ( They inveigled an invitation to the party ) …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 30inveigh — v 1. protest, remonstrate, complain about, object to; decry, denounce, censure, criticize, disparage; deprecate, depreciate, discredit, belittle, minimize, run or put down, Inf. knock. 2. rail against, vituperate, revile, oppugn; assail, attack,… …

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