Revile \Re*vile"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Reviled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Reviling.] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile,
depreciate, F. avilir; [`a] (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.]
To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous
language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me
there?" --Shak.
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Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet.
ii. 23.
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Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Revile \Re*vile"\, n.
Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]
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The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
revile
v : spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, vituperate, rail]
WordNet (r) 2.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "revile":
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, engage in personalities, epithet, epithetize,
execrate, fleer, flout, fulminate against, gibe, heap dirt upon,
jab, jab at, jape, jaw, jeer, libel, load with reproaches, malign,
mock, muckrake, pooh, pooh-pooh, put down, rag, rail, rail at,
rally, rank out, rate, rave against, scoff, scout, slam, slander,
slap at, smear, smirch, sneer, sneer at, soil, stigmatize, sully,
swear at, swipe, tarnish, taunt, throw mud at, thunder against,
tongue-lash, traduce, twit, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, yell at,
yelp at
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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