inveigh

(verb) To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.

Synonyms: rail

To Rail at, Inveigh againſt

To rail at any one, is to uſe abuſive, or offenſive words. To inveigh againſt a perſon, or thing, is to throw out invectives againſt them. Railing, then, conſiſts particularly in the terms; inveighing, in the things and manner.

Invectives, thrown out in cold blood, are more cutting, and more humiliating, than long and bitter railing.

A man, who reſpects himſelf, never rails; but violently irritated, he inveighs with dignity. Groſs abuſe, and violent railing, is never heard from the tongue of a noble mind; but invective is a fire kindled in a great heart, and which rather purifies the lips, than ſullies them.

We rail only at perſons; but inveigh againſt things, as well as perſons; againſt vices, againſt abuſes, againſt morals.

Defamatory libels often rail horribly at individuals. Satire, generally, inveighs ſtrongly againſt corruption.

Railing indicates a kind of injuſtice, a thing contrary to right; which inveighing does not; but, on the contrary, ſpeaks with truth.

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The Diſtinction between Words Eſteemed Synonymous, 1766-1795, by John Truſler