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revile
[ ri-vahyl ]
verb (used with object)
- to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
Synonyms: disparage, berate, vituperate, vilify, abuse
verb (used without object)
- to speak abusively.
revile
/ rɪˈvaɪl /
verb
- to use abusive or scornful language against (someone or something)
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Derived Forms
- reˈviler, noun
- reˈvilement, noun
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Other Words From
- re·vile·ment noun
- re·vil·er noun
- re·vil·ing·ly adverb
- un·re·vil·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of revile1
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Example Sentences
The Paralympics are supposed to celebrate people with disabilities, not revile them.
In the span of a few years, Crocs have gone from reviled to subversively cool to mainstream.
Specifically, how some ethnic groups that enjoy broad acceptance today were once reviled, such as, for example, the Irish.
While Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has long been reviled by Beijing as a dangerous “splittist,” his image was still displayed discreetly.
The company is widely reviled by all except those who cash its checks.
But his economy is in peril and the people who support him today may well revile him tomorrow.
And one day, perhaps, the conservatives who today revile John Roberts will give him his due.
While Democrats tend to revile their losing candidates, Republicans revere theirs.
He would set impositions of unprecedented length, and revile himself for ruining the victim's handwriting.
They praise that which they know, they revile that which they know not.
The public were p. 158appealed to on the subject; pamphlets were written and newspapers were hired to revile the railway.
We had a bugle player who played revile when the German Camp Commander and his group came in every morning.
As soon as they arrived Inside the wire he would start playing a swinging revile.
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