"inveigh" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈveɪ/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-inveigh.ogg , en-au-inveigh.ogg Forms: inveighs [present, singular, third-person], inveighing [participle, present], inveighed [participle, past], inveighed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weǵʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|invehō||bring in, carry in}} Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} inveigh (third-person singular simple present inveighs, present participle inveighing, simple past and past participle inveighed)
  1. (intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism Tags: intransitive Translations (to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against): хуля (hulja) (Bulgarian), ругая (rugaja) (Bulgarian), krachtig protesteren (Dutch), schelden (Dutch), tieren (Dutch), s'invectiver (French), s'élever (alt: + contre) (French), s'opposer (alt: + à) (French), schimpfen (German), wettern (German), sich in Schmähreden ergehen (German), kifakad (Hungarian), kikel (Hungarian), kirohan (Hungarian), szitkozódik (Hungarian), mennydörög (Hungarian), gyalázkodik (Hungarian), invektivar (Ido), tondrar (Ido), inveire (Italian), поносить (ponositʹ) [colloquial] (Russian), оскорбля́ть (oskorbljátʹ) (Russian), руга́ть (rugátʹ) (Russian), osuđivati (Serbo-Croatian), vituperar (Spanish), despotricar (Spanish), denostar (Spanish), lanzar invectivas (contra) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inveigh-en-verb-2qqhUZLG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against": 97 3
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations ((obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle): meesleuren (Dutch), verleiden (Dutch), lokken (Dutch), kicsal (Hungarian), elcsal (Hungarian), rávesz (Hungarian), csalogat (Hungarian), csábít (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-inveigh-en-verb-FHdDvM-K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of '(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enveigh [dated] Derived forms: inveigher, inveighing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "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."
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          "text": "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.”",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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    {
      "word": "inveigher"
    },
    {
      "word": "inveighing"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1860, William Cullen Bryant, letter, 14 Sep 1860",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Jack Vance, Madouc:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 September 26, Will Hutton, “A pox on euro sceptics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Only last week, three aggressively written pamphlets crossed my desk inveighing against the euro.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 August 18, Elizabeth Drew, “What were they thinking?”, in New York Review of Books:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 February 9, Patrick Healy, Jonathan Martin, The New York Times:",
          "text": "He declared his independence from a reviled status quo by inveighing in blunt and occasionally vulgar terms about “stupid” leaders weakening America.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 16, Christopher Beam, “Welcome to Pricing Hell”, in The Atlantic:",
          "text": "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.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism"
      ],
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          "against",
          "against#English"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "formerly also with on; at; upon; formerly also with on; at; upon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with against or occasionally about"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1680, Samuel Butler, Genuine Remains:",
          "text": "He is a Spirit, that inveighs away a Man from himself, undertakes great Matters for him, and after fells him for a Slave.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle."
      ],
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        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "entice",
          "entice"
        ],
        [
          "inveigle",
          "inveigle"
        ]
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈveɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "enveigh"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hulja",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "хуля"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rugaja",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "ругая"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "krachtig protesteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "schelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "tieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "s'invectiver"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+ contre",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "s'élever"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+ à",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "s'opposer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "schimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "wettern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "sich in Schmähreden ergehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "kifakad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "kikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "kirohan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "szitkozódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "mennydörög"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "gyalázkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "invektivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "tondrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "inveire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponositʹ",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "поносить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oskorbljátʹ",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "оскорбля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rugátʹ",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "руга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "osuđivati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "vituperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "despotricar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "denostar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against",
      "word": "lanzar invectivas (contra)"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "meesleuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "verleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "lokken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "kicsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "elcsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "rávesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "csalogat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle",
      "word": "csábít"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inveigh"
}

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