inveigh against

phrasal verb

inveighed against; inveighing against; inveighs against
formal
: to protest or complain about (something or someone) very strongly
Employees inveighed against mandatory overtime.

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In imposing the penalty, the largest ordered by a court on a company in the history of Australia’s labor laws, Federal Court Judge Michael Lee also inveighed against the airline’s litigation strategy. CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025 Khomeini, by then an old man, inveighed against the Shah from Najaf, Iraq, because he hadn’t been allowed in Iran since 1964. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 Nicole Neily, who testified before the committee as president of the conservative-leaning Parents Defending Education, inveighed against Biden administration efforts to encourage diversity, equity and inclusion in K-12 schools. Cory Turner, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025 Hu himself was repeatedly brought to denunciation rallies, where Red Guards would inveigh against him and seek to humiliate him in public. Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025

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“Inveigh against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inveigh%20against. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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