Revile
11revile — [c]/rəˈvaɪl / (say ruh vuyl) verb (reviled, reviling) –verb (t) 1. to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address, or speak of, abusively. –verb (i) 2. to speak abusively. {Middle English revile(n), from Old French reviler treat or… …
12revile — verb (reviled; reviling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French reviler to despise, from re + vil vile Date: 14th century transitive verb to subject to verbal abuse ; vituperate intransitive verb to use abusive language ; rail Synonyms …
13revile — revilement, n. reviler, n. revilingly, adv. /ri vuyl /, v., reviled, reviling. v.t. 1. to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively. v.i. 2. to speak abusively. [1275 1325; ME revilen < MF reviler …
14revile — verb To attack (someone) with abusive language. Syn: reproach, scold, vilify, vituperate …
15revile — Synonyms and related words: abuse, asperse, bark at, barrack, bawl out, berate, besmirch, bespatter, betongue, blacken, blackguard, call names, calumniate, chaff, chew out, cuss out, cut at, damn, defame, defile, denigrate, dig at, dump on,… …
16revile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abuse, vilify, malign, asperse, calumniate, deride. See contempt, detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abuse, berate, vilify, vituperate; see censure , denounce , scold , slander . See Synonym Study …
17revile — re|vile [rıˈvaıl] v [T] written [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: reviler, from vil; VILE] to express hatred of someone or something = ↑hate ▪ The President was now reviled by the same party he had helped to lead …
18revile — re|vile [ rı vaıl ] verb transitive FORMAL to hate and criticize someone or something very much: Reviled as traitors, they now want to leave the country …
19revile — see VILE …
20revile — re·vile || rɪ vaɪl v. disparage, abuse, defame, libel, deride …
