inveigh against

verb

inveighed against; inveighing against; inveighs against

formal

: to protest or complain about (something or someone) very strongly

Employees inveighed against mandatory overtime.

Examples of inveigh against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The aggression with which both parties have worked to manipulate district lines—while loudly inveighing against the other party for doing the exact same thing—is cynical and depressing. —Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026

At a recent campus campaign stop, Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback dropped some unusual verbiage while inveighing against junk food in school cafeterias. —Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026

Democrats and liberals strongly believe Trump has overreached yet again — albeit not in quite such egregious terms — by inveighing against Bad Bunny. —Niall Stanage, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026

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

Rhymes for inveigh against

• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed
• recommenced
• recompensed