invectiver — meaning in English

English meaning

• attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
• inveigh verb To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism

Senses

invectiver is used for these senses in English:

• attack (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• inveigh (intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]

attack — full definition

1. verb To use violent force against a person or place.
2. verb To criticize someone or something harshly in words.
3. verb To begin dealing with a task or problem with energy and determination.
4. noun A violent or aggressive act intended to harm.
5. noun A sudden episode of illness or pain.

inveigh — full definition

1. verb To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
2. verb To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle.

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