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revile

verb

re·​vile ri-ˈvī(-ə)l How to pronounce revile (audio)
reviled; reviling

transitive verb

: to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate

intransitive verb

: to use abusive language : rail
revilement
ri-ˈvī(-ə)l-mənt How to pronounce revile (audio)
noun
reviler noun
Choose the Right Synonym for revile

scold, upbraid, berate, rail, revile, vituperate mean to reproach angrily and abusively.

scold implies rebuking in irritation or ill temper justly or unjustly.

angrily scolding the children

upbraid implies censuring on definite and usually justifiable grounds.

upbraided her assistants for poor research

berate suggests prolonged and often abusive scolding.

berated continually by an overbearing boss

rail (at or against) stresses an unrestrained berating.

railed loudly at their insolence

revile implies a scurrilous, abusive attack prompted by anger or hatred.

an alleged killer reviled in the press

vituperate suggests a violent reviling.

was vituperated for betraying his friends

Example Sentences

Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.
Recent Examples on the Web Joseph Smith is a deeply divisive figure, and the same basic camps that existed in his own day to either revile or revere the man are alive and well in our own. The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 Like European neo-fascists elsewhere, the Brothers revile immigration and grandstand over a cloistered, narrow vision of national identity. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 These parties openly revile minority Shiite Muslims as heretics and on occasion bring thousands on to the street to defend their hardline interpretation of Islam. Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2021 Critics continue to revile the criminal justice system as incapable of fairly representing people of color and the underserved — and Black women in general. Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2020 People kind of revile him, but everybody knows him. Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 3 Sep. 2020 Twenty years later, she was reviled for the same decision and called an enabler. Elizabeth Toohey, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2020 The statue to Marshal Ivan Konev, who led Red Army forces during World War II that drove Nazi troops from Czechoslovakia, was reviled by some in Prague as a symbol of the decades of Communist rule that followed. Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2020 Gamal Mubarak, in particular, was reviled more widely than his father during the last years of Mr. Mubarak’s reign. New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French reviler to despise, from re- + vil vile

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of revile was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing revile

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