intransitive. Without prepositional complement. To utter abusive language; to complain persistently, to rant.

intransitive. To have envious, grudging, or malevolent feelings. Sometimes with the occasion of the feeling expressed by infinitive to envy at =…

intransitive. To give vent to violent denunciation, reproach, or censure; to rail loudly. Const. against (†at, of, on, upon). The current sense.

intransitive. To rail, to utter words of abuse. rare.

intransitive. To inveigh, utter invectives.

intransitive. To utter invectives.

Phrases. to cast, throw, or fling dirt: to asperse any one with scurrilous or abusive language.

intransitive and transitive. To vituperate, rail against, or upbraid a person. Obsolete.

intransitive. To utter a philippic or invective. Also transitive (reflexive): to bring oneself into a particular condition by doing this.

to fire a broadside: to fire all the guns on one side of a ship. Now chiefly figurative: to launch a fierce verbal attack against a person…

(intransitive) to utter or write a tirade; to inveigh or declaim vehemently.

(intransitive) to utter a diatribe; to inveigh bitterly.

intransitive. British slang. To shout, complain loudly; to shout abuse. Also: to call the odds at a race meeting. Also with at. Now rare.

intransitive. To curse or swear; to use coarse or obscene language. Also: to make insulting, disparaging, or slanderous remarks (often with against).