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revile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈvaɪl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) reproach; reviling
    • The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Translations (1)

bg хокане (reproach)

revile en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈvaɪl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
    • And did not she herself revile me there? c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
    • He turned and quivered like a child, this worthless man that I reviled. And at his anguish, I just smiled a grin of mastery. 2011, Felix Hagan, “Vengeance On My Mind”, in Dawn Breaks, the Monster Wakes...:
    • who, when he was reviled, reviled not again 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 2:23:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reviled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reviled Tense=Past lexicographic
reviles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reviling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unreviled · unreviling · reviler · revilingly · revilement

Hypernyms

attack

Hyponyms

sneer · defame · call someone every name in the book · mock · criticize · deride · offend · jeer at · call someone everything but a child of God · heckle

Relateds

vilify

Synonyms

vituperate · abuse · flame · abuse · vitriol · call names · name-call · vituperate · revile · call names

Translations (57)

mww cem (to attack with abusive language) · io insultar (to attack with abusive language) · mi whakarihariha (to attack with abusive language) · sv smäda (to attack with abusive language) · it insultare (to attack with abusive language) · got 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to attack with abusive language) · es denostar (to attack with abusive language) · es insultar (to attack with abusive language) · grc λοιδορέω (to attack with abusive language) · pt insultar (to attack with abusive language) · pl napiętnować (to attack with abusive language) · ro ocărî (to attack with abusive language) · pl zelżyć (to attack with abusive language) · es putear (to attack with abusive language) · fi herjata (to attack with abusive language) · nl uitschelden (to attack with abusive language) · hu gyaláz (to attack with abusive language) · hu szidalmaz (to attack with abusive language) · grc κακορροθέω (to attack with abusive language) · cs tupit (to attack with abusive language) · es vilipendiar (to attack with abusive language) · hu pocskondiáz (to attack with abusive language) · cmn 辱罵 /辱骂 (to attack with abusive language) · sv skymfa (to attack with abusive language) · cs spílat (to attack with abusive language) · de stänkern gegen (to attack with abusive language) · cmn 斥責 /斥责 (to attack with abusive language) · eo insulti (to attack with abusive language) · cs zlořečit (to attack with abusive language) · de verunglimpfen (to attack with abusive language) · ca insultar (to attack with abusive language) · es denigrar (to attack with abusive language) · hu ócsárol (to attack with abusive language) · ga imdhearg (to attack with abusive language) · bg хокам (to attack with abusive language) · sv åkväda (to attack with abusive language) · pl lżyć (to attack with abusive language) · gl insultar (to attack with abusive language) · es injuriar (to attack with abusive language) · ro huli (to attack with abusive language) · fi solvata (to attack with abusive language) · cmn 謾罵 /谩骂 (to attack with abusive language) · sv håna (to attack with abusive language) · hu sérteget (to attack with abusive language) · pl piętnować (to attack with abusive language) · de beschimpfen (to attack with abusive language) · sa पीयति (to attack with abusive language) · cs nadávat (to attack with abusive language) · cs hanobit (to attack with abusive language) · de schmähen (to attack with abusive language) · ru поноси́ть (to attack with abusive language) · grc βλασφημέω (to attack with abusive language) · es reprochar (to attack with abusive language) · bg ругая (to attack with abusive language) · fr insulter (to attack with abusive language) · hu becsmérel (to attack with abusive language) · it vituperare (to attack with abusive language)