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- Dictionaryre·vile/rəˈvīl/
verb
- 1. criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner: "he was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead"
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The meaning of REVILE is to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate. How to use revile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Revile.
REVILE definition: 1. to criticize someone strongly, or say unpleasant things to or about someone: 2. to criticize…. Learn more.
If something is reviled, you alone don’t dislike it; a whole community of like-minded souls has to hate its guts. For instance, spam is widely reviled. (The junk e-mails, not the potted meat. Somebody out there really does like that potted meat.)
Revile definition: to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.. See examples of REVILE used in a sentence.
verb. If someone or something is reviled, people hate them intensely or show their hatred of them. [formal] He was just as feared and reviled as his tyrannical parents. [beVERB -ed] What right had the crowd to revile the team for something they could not help? [VERB noun]
Define revile. revile synonyms, revile pronunciation, revile translation, English dictionary definition of revile. 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...
noun. (obsolete) Reproach; reviling.
Definition of revile verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled) ( transitive , intransitive ) To attack (someone) with abusive language .
Synonyms for REVILE: hate, criticize, blame, attack, condemn, denounce, detest, loathe; Antonyms of REVILE: approve, endorse, indorse, sanction, exalt, praise, glorify, extol
