revile

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪl

Verb

revile (third-person singular simple present revil, present participle ing, simple past and past participle reviled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
   • Bible, 1 Peter ii. 23

     who, when he was reviled, reviled not again

   • (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     And did not she herself revile me there?

Synonyms

• calumniate
• reproach
• scold
• vilify
• vituperate

Translations

to attack with abusive language

• Catalan: insultar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斥責／斥责 (zh) (chìzé), 斥责 (zh) (chìzé), 辱罵／辱骂 (zh) (rǔmà), 辱骂 (zh) (rǔmà), 謾罵／谩骂 (zh) (mànmà), 谩骂 (zh) (mànmà)

• French: insulter (fr)
• Galician: insultar
• German: schmähen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: λοιδορέω (loidoréō), βλασφημέω (blasphēméō), κακορροθέω (kakorrhothéō)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: insultar (io)
• Irish: imdhearg
• Italian: insultare (it), vituperare (it)
• Portuguese: insultar (pt)
• Russian: поноси́ть (ru) impf (ponosítʹ) (not to confuse with a homonymous pf. verb)
• Spanish: insultar (es), putear (es) (Am.)
• Swedish: smäda (sv), skymfa (sv), håna (sv), åkväda

Noun

revile (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) reproach; reviling
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.

Translations

reproach

• Spanish: reprochar (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• “revile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “revile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• eviler, levier, liever, relive, veiler