Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to inveigh
Participle: inveighed
Gerund: inveighing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | inveigh |
| you | inveigh |
| he;she;it | inveighs |
| we | inveigh |
| you | inveigh |
| they | inveigh |
Perfect
| I | have inveighed |
| you | have inveighed |
| he;she;it | has inveighed |
| we | have inveighed |
| you | have inveighed |
| they | have inveighed |
Past
| I | inveighed |
| you | inveighed |
| he;she;it | inveighed |
| we | inveighed |
| you | inveighed |
| they | inveighed |
Pluperfect
| I | had inveighed |
| you | had inveighed |
| he;she;it | had inveighed |
| we | had inveighed |
| you | had inveighed |
| they | had inveighed |
Future
| I | will inveigh |
| you | will inveigh |
| he;she;it | will inveigh |
| we | will inveigh |
| you | will inveigh |
| they | will inveigh |
Future Perfect
| I | will have inveighed |
| you | will have inveighed |
| he;she;it | will have inveighed |
| we | will have inveighed |
| you | will have inveighed |
| they | will have inveighed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | inveigh |
| you | inveigh |
| he;she;it | inveigh |
| we | inveigh |
| you | inveigh |
| they | inveigh |
Perfect
| I | have inveighed |
| you | have inveighed |
| he;she;it | have inveighed |
| we | have inveighed |
| you | have inveighed |
| they | have inveighed |
Imperfect
| I | inveighed |
| you | inveighed |
| he;she;it | inveighed |
| we | inveighed |
| you | inveighed |
| they | inveighed |
Pluperfect
| I | had inveighed |
| you | had inveighed |
| he;she;it | had inveighed |
| we | had inveighed |
| you | had inveighed |
| they | had inveighed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would inveigh |
| you | would inveigh |
| he;she;it | would inveigh |
| we | would inveigh |
| you | would inveigh |
| they | would inveigh |
Perfect
| I | would have inveighed |
| you | would have inveighed |
| he;she;it | would have inveighed |
| we | would have inveighed |
| you | would have inveighed |
| they | would have inveighed |
Imperative
| you | inveigh |
| we | Let's inveigh |
| you | inveigh |
Verbs conjugated like 'inveigh'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'inveigh'
inveigle,
inveil,
neigh,
beweigh,
enveigle,
enveil,
inbelch,
infight,
inlight,
inmesh,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment
- bellyache, bleat, carp, chunter, complain, crab, croak, dump on, frine, girn, give out, grotch, gruntle, harp, make a stink, murmur, nag, nark, rail, repine, ride, snivel
- To give voice to one's censure or criticism.
- criticize
- proclaim
- speak, declare, lecture, declaim, harangue, decry
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1486, "to introduce," from L.
invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," from passive inf. of
invehere "bring in, carry in," from
in- "against" +
vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1529.
2. Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective. See: Latin '
invehō'.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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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:]
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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]
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]