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To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: formerly also with on; at; upon; formerly also with on; at; upon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: invect
Antonyms: none provided
To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
speak against in an impassioned manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: declaim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protest
complain bitterly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
хуля
(hulja)
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Bulgarian:
ругая
(rugaja)
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Dutch:
krachtig protesteren
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Dutch:
schelden
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Dutch:
tieren
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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French:
s'invectiver
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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French:
s'élever
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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French:
s'opposer
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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German:
schimpfen
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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German:
wettern
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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German:
sich in Schmähreden ergehen
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Hungarian:
kifakad
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Hungarian:
kikel
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Hungarian:
kirohan
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Hungarian:
szitkozódik
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Hungarian:
mennydörög
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Hungarian:
gyalázkodik
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Ido:
invektivar
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Ido:
tondrar
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Italian:
inveire
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Polish:
złorzeczyć
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Russian:
поносить
(ponositʹ)
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Russian:
оскорбля́ть
(oskorbljátʹ)
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Russian:
руга́ть
(rugátʹ)
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Serbo-Croatian:
osuđivati
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Spanish:
vituperar
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Spanish:
despotricar
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Spanish:
denostar
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Spanish:
lanzar invectivas [contra]
— to complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against
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Dutch:
meesleuren
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Dutch:
verleiden
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Dutch:
lokken
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Hungarian:
kicsal
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Hungarian:
elcsal
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Hungarian:
rávesz
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Hungarian:
csalogat
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Hungarian:
csábít
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Polish:
nakłaniać
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
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Polish:
nakłonić
— (obsolete in English) to draw in or away; to entice, inveigle
