revile

English

Etymology

From Middle English revilen, from re + 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 reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)

  1. To attack (someone) with abusive language.
    • Bible, 1 Peter ii. 23
      who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
    • Shakespeare
      And did not she herself revile me there?

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Noun

revile (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) reproach; reviling
    The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. — Milton.

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Further reading

  • revile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • revile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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