as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
always inveighing against the high property taxes that they were forced to pay
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Recent Examples of inveigh
Meanwhile, pro-Taliban women have held a countermarch, and a group wearing niqabs — a conservative face veil showing only their eyes — sat in a Kabul University lecture hall on Saturday to hear speakers inveigh against the liberal women who protested earlier in the week.
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Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
Surgeon General Everett Koop issued a 1982 report showing that 30 percent of all cancer deaths were attributable to smoking, and used his bully pulpit to inveigh against the hazards of secondhand smoke.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
Last weekend, Donald Trump held a rally in Ohio, in large part to inveigh against a congressman: Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 July 2021
The president only did what so many previous European and American leaders have done, draping themselves in the mantle of culture to inveigh against an amorphous other.
—Kanishk Tharoor, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2021
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Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
Surgeon General Everett Koop issued a 1982 report showing that 30 percent of all cancer deaths were attributable to smoking, and used his bully pulpit to inveigh against the hazards of secondhand smoke.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
Last weekend, Donald Trump held a rally in Ohio, in large part to inveigh against a congressman: Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 July 2021
The president only did what so many previous European and American leaders have done, draping themselves in the mantle of culture to inveigh against an amorphous other.
—Kanishk Tharoor, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveigh
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Some residents and candidates have complained that Area Towing often overcharged customers, unaware of the costs when getting their vehicles towed.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Trump has also frequently complained about India’s high tariffs.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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There's just a million things available and everything's screaming at you.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Noem screams, before spotting a service dog in the crowd and shooting it.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sales exceptions seem to be backlist dystopian fiction and books by and for the fascists, that is, right-wing memoir and culture war whining.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Inveigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveigh. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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