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INVEIGH
Definition of INVEIGH
verb
To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
INVEIGH carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.
To make a verbal attack; utter or write vehement denunciation or rebuke; exclaim or rail against persons or things; rail: with against, formerly with at or on.
intransitive verb
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.
“to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse”
verb
speak against in an impassioned manner
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INVEIGH · 3 relatives in the game
INVEIGH in a sentence
“It would be hard for politicians to inveigh against rate increases approved by their own proxies on the board.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INVEIGH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVEIGH starts with I and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EGHIINV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of INVEIGH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start INVEIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found INVEIGH?
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