English-Thai Dictionary

inveigh

VI ติเตียน  กล่าวร้าย  ประณาม อย่างรุนแรง  harangue revile ti-tian

 

inveigh against

PHRV ประณาม อย่างรุนแรง  กล่าวโจมตี อย่างรุนแรง  pra-nam-yang-run-rang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVEIGH

v.i.inva'y. [L. inveho, to bear, throw or bring on or against; in and veho, to carry. ] To exclaim or rail against; to utter censorious and bitter language against any one; to reproach; with against. The author inveighed sharply against the vices of the clergy in his age. Men inveigh against the follies of fashion.

 

INVEIGHER

n.inva'yer. One who rails; a railer.

 

INVEIGHING

ppr. inva'ying. Exclaiming against; railing at; uttering bitter words.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INVEIGH

In *veigh ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed; p. pr. & vb. n.Inveighing. ] Etym: [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf. Invective. ]

 

Defn: To declaim or rail (against some person or thing ); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.

 

INVEIGHER

INVEIGHER In *veigh "er, n.

 

Defn: One who inveighs.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inveigh

in veigh |inˈvā ɪnˈveɪ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (inveigh against ) speak or write about (something ) with great hostility: nationalists inveighed against those who worked with the British. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘carry in, introduce ’; formerly also as enveigh ): from Latin invehere ‘carry in, ’ invehi ‘be carried into, assail, ’ from in- ‘into ’ + vehere ‘carry. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

inveigh

inveigh |ɪnˈveɪ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (inveigh against ) speak or write about (something ) with great hostility: he liked to inveigh against all forms of academic training. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘carry in, introduce ’; formerly also as enveigh ): from Latin invehere ‘carry in ’, invehi ‘be carried into, assail ’, from in- ‘into ’ + vehere ‘carry ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inveigh

inveigh verb he was one of the few Wall Streeters willing to inveigh against corporate greed: fulminate against, declaim against, protest (against ), rail against /at, rage at, remonstrate against; denounce, censure, condemn, decry, criticize; disparage, denigrate, run down, abuse, vituperate, vilify, impugn; informal sound off about, blast, dis, slam. ANTONYMS support.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inveigh

inveigh verb he went on to inveigh against pornography and violence in the cinema: fulminate, declaim, protest, rail, rage, remonstrate, storm; denounce, censure, condemn, decry, criticize, complain vehemently about; disparage, denigrate, run down, revile, abuse, vilify, impugn; informal lash, tongue-lash, kick up a fuss about, kick up a stink about, bellyache about, beef about, grouch about, sound off about. ANTONYMS support.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inveigh

in veigh /ɪnvéɪ /動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠ «…を » 激しく非難する «against » , 痛罵する .