revile


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re·vile

 (rĭ-vīl′)
v. re·viled, re·vil·ing, re·viles
v.tr.
To assail with scornful or abusive language; vituperate. See Synonyms at scold.
v.intr.
To use scornful or abusive language.

[Middle English revilen, from Old French reviler : re-, re- + vil, vile; see vile.]

re·vile′ment n.
re·vil′er n.
re·vil′ing·ly adv.
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revile

(rɪˈvaɪl)
vb
to use abusive or scornful language against (someone or something)
[C14: from Old French reviler, from re- + vil vile]
reˈvilement n
reˈviler n
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re•vile

(rɪˈvaɪl)

v. -viled, -vil•ing. v.t.
1. to address or speak of with contemptuous, abusive, or opprobrious language.
v.i.
2. to speak abusively.
[1325–1375; Middle English < Old French reviler. See re-, vile]
re•vile′ment, n.
re•vil′er, n.
re•vil′ing•ly, adv.
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revile


Past participle: reviled
Gerund: reviling

Imperative
revile
revile
Present
I revile
you revile
he/she/it reviles
we revile
you revile
they revile
Preterite
I reviled
you reviled
he/she/it reviled
we reviled
you reviled
they reviled
Present Continuous
I am reviling
you are reviling
he/she/it is reviling
we are reviling
you are reviling
they are reviling
Present Perfect
I have reviled
you have reviled
he/she/it has reviled
we have reviled
you have reviled
they have reviled
Past Continuous
I was reviling
you were reviling
he/she/it was reviling
we were reviling
you were reviling
they were reviling
Past Perfect
I had reviled
you had reviled
he/she/it had reviled
we had reviled
you had reviled
they had reviled
Future
I will revile
you will revile
he/she/it will revile
we will revile
you will revile
they will revile
Future Perfect
I will have reviled
you will have reviled
he/she/it will have reviled
we will have reviled
you will have reviled
they will have reviled
Future Continuous
I will be reviling
you will be reviling
he/she/it will be reviling
we will be reviling
you will be reviling
they will be reviling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reviling
you have been reviling
he/she/it has been reviling
we have been reviling
you have been reviling
they have been reviling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reviling
you will have been reviling
he/she/it will have been reviling
we will have been reviling
you will have been reviling
they will have been reviling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reviling
you had been reviling
he/she/it had been reviling
we had been reviling
you had been reviling
they had been reviling
Conditional
I would revile
you would revile
he/she/it would revile
we would revile
you would revile
they would revile
Past Conditional
I would have reviled
you would have reviled
he/she/it would have reviled
we would have reviled
you would have reviled
they would have reviled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.revile - spread negative information aboutrevile - spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout - use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
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revile

verb malign, abuse, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), run down, smear, libel, scorn, slag (off) (slang), reproach, denigrate, vilify, slander, defame, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), traduce, calumniate, vituperate, asperse What right had the crowd to revile them?
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revile

verb
To attack with harsh, often insulting language:
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Translations

revile

[rɪˈvaɪl] VTinsultar, injuriar
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revile

[rɪˈvaɪl] vtinjurier
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revile

vi to revile against somebody/somethinggegen jdn/etw schmähen
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revile

[rɪˈvaɪl] vt (frm) → insultare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
A KID standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him.
though you do not know it, this Mouth whom you revile is Mopo, my father."
"Upon these words a fire began to heat and kindle between them; insomuch that they began to rate and revile one the other, that the whole multitude therewith disquieted began to be set on a hurry."*
The poor man, who bore on his face many more visible marks of the indignation of his wife, stood in silent astonishment at this accusation; which the reader will, I believe, bear witness for him, had greatly exceeded the truth; for indeed he had not struck her once; and this silence being interpreted to be a confession of the charge by the whole court, they all began at once, una voce , to rebuke and revile him, repeating often, that none but a coward ever struck a woman.
They wonder why I came not to revile venery and vice; and verily, I came not to warn against pickpockets either!
Would you have any right to strike or revile or do any other evil to your father or your master, if you had one, because you have been struck or reviled by him, or received some other evil at his hands?--you would not say this?
It is easy to say these things; it is easy to revile us, easy to despise us; therefore, let these people rail on; they cannot feel as Byng and I feel--it is their loss, not ours.
Was it not the least that one could do to swear at one's ease and revile the name of God a little, on so fine a day, in such good company as dignitaries of the church and loose women?
Rokoff had been in to see and revile and abuse him several times during the afternoon; but he had been able to wring no word of remonstrance or murmur of pain from the lips of the giant captive.
But revile her as I might, despise myself as I might, I loved her--I loved her still!
Here one curses her and calls her capricious, fickle, and immodest, there another condemns her as frail and frivolous; this pardons and absolves her, that spurns and reviles her; one extols her beauty, another assails her character, and in short all abuse her, and all adore her, and to such a pitch has this general infatuation gone that there are some who complain of her scorn without ever having exchanged a word with her, and even some that bewail and mourn the raging fever of jealousy, for which she never gave anyone cause, for, as I have already said, her misconduct was known before her passion.
Allah said which means: "But indeed if any show patience and forgive, that would truly be an exercise of courageous will and resolution in the conduct of affairs." (Al-Shooraa: 43) Our religion does not even allow us to revile and abuse the sinner.