inveigh
    v 1: complain bitterly [syn: rail, inveigh]
    2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against
       the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim,
       inveigh]

Inveigh \In*veigh"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Inveighing.] [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or
   bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh;
   pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf.
   Invective.]
   To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter
   censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh
   criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use
   invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against
   character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an
   abuse.
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         All men inveighed against him; all men, except court
         vassals, opposed him.                    --Milton.
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         The artificial life against which we inveighed.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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