Inveigh: alternatives and connections

Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.

Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticis…

Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…

To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail.

Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.

That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acqu…

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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by r…

To make an harangue; to declaim.

Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.