MEANING
To attack or criticize something strongly in speech or writing.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- inveigh against corruption
- inveigh against a policy
On the page
He inveighed against the policy while the official copy dried beside him.
Her essays inveighed against the cruelty hidden in polite customs.
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Word forms
- Base
- inveigh
- Past tense
- inveighed
- Past participle
- inveighed
- Present participle
- inveighing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- inveigh
- Present continuous
- am/is/are inveighing
- Present perfect
- have/has inveighed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been inveighing
- Past
- inveighed
- Past continuous
- was/were inveighing
- Past perfect
- had inveighed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been inveighing
- Future
- will inveigh
- Future continuous
- will be inveighing
- Future perfect
- will have inveighed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been inveighing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: inveigh; inveighs; inveighed; inveighed; inveighing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: inveighs.
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