Dictionary

inveigh en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈveɪ/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, qualifier:formerly also with on; at; upon; formerly also with on; at; upon, with against or occasionally about) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
   • Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […] 1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 76, verso:
   • Noblemen loyal to King Milo inveighed upon him, until at last he sent off dispatches to King Audry and King Aillas, alerting them to the peculiar rash of forays, raids and provocations current along the Lyonesse border. 1989, Jack Vance, Madouc:
   • I saw Mr. Cairns yesterday. He inveighed at great length at what he called Mr. Willis's neglect of his children, saying he had just discovered that they got no whortleberries and no fish, and that he was just beginning to send them those things. 1860, William Cullen Bryant, letter, 14 Sep 1860
   • He [Plato] also inveighed against the hotel fees of his day, condemning people who show hospitality to travelers but then extract “the most unjust, abominable, and extortionate ransom." 2024 April 16, Christopher Beam, “Welcome to Pricing Hell”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • He [Donald Trump] declared his independence from a reviled status quo by inveighing in blunt and occasionally vulgar terms about "stupid" leaders weakening America. 2016 February 9, Jonathan Martin, Patrick Healy, “Trump and [Bernie] Sanders capture New Hampshire primaries”, in Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Ak.: Binkley Co., archived from the original on 29 May 2016:
   • He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
   • After the President, in a press conference in late June, inveighed against tax breaks for corporate jets, the industry quickly insisted that such a change would cost jobs. 2011 August 18, Elizabeth Drew, “What were they thinking?”, in New York Review of Books:
   • Only last week, three aggressively written pamphlets crossed my desk inveighing against the euro. 1999 September 26, Will Hutton, “A pox on euro sceptics”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025:
2. (obsolete, transitive) To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle.
   • He is a Spirit, that inveighs away a Man from himself, undertakes great Matters for him, and after fells him for a Slave. a. 1681 (date written), Samuel Butler, edited by R[obert] Thyer, The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1759, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

inveigher · inveighing

Synonyms

invect

Translations (39)

hu kikel (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · io tondrar (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · es denostar (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · es vituperar (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · ru поносить (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · de wettern (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu kicsal ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · pl nakłonić ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · es despotricar (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · fr s'opposer (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu rávesz ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · nl tieren (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu kirohan (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · de schimpfen (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · nl krachtig protesteren (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · nl meesleuren ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · hu szitkozódik (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · de sich in Schmähreden ergehen (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu csalogat ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · hu kifakad (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · bg ругая (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · ru оскорбля́ть (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · ru руга́ть (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · pl złorzeczyć (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · nl verleiden ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · sh osuđivati (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu elcsal ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · nl schelden (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · es lanzar invectivas [contra] (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · nl lokken ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · bg хуля (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · io invektivar (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · fr s'élever (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · pl nakłaniać ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle) · it inveire (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu gyalázkodik (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu mennydörög (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · fr s'invectiver (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against) · hu csábít ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle)