Revile
//ɹəˈvaɪl// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 reproach; reviling obsolete, uncountable
"The gracious Judge, without revile, replied."
Verb
- 1 To attack (someone) with abusive language. ambitransitive
"who, when he was reviled, reviled not again"
- 2 spread negative information about wordnet
Example
More examples"Love me or revile me, but do not ignore me."
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.
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