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inveire

to rail against

verb een-veh-EE-reh Rare
Communication Speech

Origin: From Latin invehere, 'to carry against, attack'.

Also means

to inveigh

Usage Note

Inveire means to attack verbally with anger and force — shouting accusations or denunciations. It is typically followed by contro ('against'): inveire contro il governo. It is a literary and journalistic verb, rarely used in casual speech. It takes avere as auxiliary and follows a third-conjugation (-ire) pattern without the -isc- infix.

Examples

"Il deputato ha inveito contro la corruzione."

Natural Translation

The MP railed against corruption.

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