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What (who) is inveigh - definition
inveigh
[?n've?]
¦ 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'.
inveigh
(inveighs, inveighing, inveighed)
If you inveigh against something, you criticize it strongly. (FORMAL)
A lot of his writings inveigh against luxury and riches.
VERB: V against n
Inveigh
·vi 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.
Examples of use of inveigh
1. Black women don‘t often publicly inveigh on the work/family divide.
2. Gaydamak chose to inveigh against law enforcement officers on a personal level through the media.
3. No longer does the portly elder statesman inveigh at the ruinous influence of his party leader.
4. The majority leader went on to inveigh against the "activist Supreme Court decision" that invalidated flag–burning laws.
5. Both Hamas and Fatah never miss out on an opportunity to slander and inveigh against the other.