Meaning & use
inveighed
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Spoke or wrote about something with strong hostility or bitter criticism; the past tense of 'inveigh.'
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The columnist inveighed against government corruption for years.
She inveighed bitterly against the new policy at the town hall meeting.
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'Inveigh' is almost always followed by 'against,' as in 'inveigh against injustice,' and comes from the Latin 'invehi,' meaning to attack verbally.
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