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)
- (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?
- Bible, 1 Peter ii. 23
Synonyms
Translations
to attack with abusive language
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Noun
revile (uncountable)
- (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.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Translations
reproach
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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.
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