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inveigh verb [ ɪnˈveɪ ]

• speak or write about (something) with great hostility.
• "he liked to inveigh against all forms of academic training"
Similar: fulminate, declaim, protest, rail, rage, remonstrate, storm, denounce, censure, condemn, decry, criticize, complain vehemently about, disparage, denigrate, run down, revile, abuse, vilify, impugn, lash, tongue-lash, kick up a fuss about, kick up a stink about, bellyache about, beef about, grouch about, sound off about,
Opposite: support,
Origin: late 15th century (in the sense ‘carry in, introduce’; formerly also as enveigh ): from Latin invehere ‘carry in’, invehi ‘be carried into, assail’, from in- ‘into’ + vehere ‘carry’.


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