INVEIGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inveigh mean? 

• INVEIGH (verb)
  The verb INVEIGH has 2 senses:

1. complain bitterly

2. speak against in an impassioned manner

  Familiarity information: INVEIGH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVEIGH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inveigh    ... he / she / it inveighs   
Past simple: inveighed   
Past participle: inveighed   
-ing form: inveighing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Complain bitterly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

inveigh; rail

Hypernyms (to "inveigh" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Speak against in an impassioned manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

declaim; inveigh

Context example:

he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society

Hypernyms (to "inveigh" is one way to...):

protest (utter words of protest)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP