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revile
[ri-vahyl]
verb (used with object)
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
Synonyms: , , , ,
verb (used without object)
to speak abusively.
revile
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to use abusive or scornful language against (someone or something)
Other 51Թ Forms
- revilement noun
- reviler noun
- revilingly adverb
- unreviling adjective
- ˈԳ noun
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of revile1
Example Sentences
This French museum’s show offers a flashback to the era when, apart from the works including those displayed here, the artists who created them were reviled and persecuted.
If there is any New York politician more reviled by progressives than Cuomo, it’s incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, now running for re-election as an independent, apparently feeling vindicated after narrowly escaping a corruption trial.
Today, the United States contends with an administration that reviles scientific expertise and quells curiosity.
Congress doesn’t have to rely on the last surviving relic of a package of laws that were reviled by Jefferson and Madison and discredited.
Just four copies of the reviled heresy survived the flames.
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