verb
- to speak or write about something with great hostility or harsh criticism
Usage: formal; often followed by ‘against’
Examples
- The senator inveighed against the proposed tax increases.
- She inveighed bitterly against the unfair treatment of workers.
- The editorial inveighed against corruption in local government.
- He spent the entire speech inveighing against his political opponents.
- The activist inveighed against environmental destruction.
- Critics inveighed against the new policy as discriminatory.