revile

CEFRC1

/ɹəˈvaɪl/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To criticize someone angrily and insultingly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    reproach; reviling

Examples

  • Love me or revile me, but do not ignore me.

  • And did not she herself revile me there?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To attack (someone) with abusive language.

More examples

In context

  • who, when he was reviled, reviled not again

  • He turned and quivered like a child, this worthless man that I reviled. And at his anguish, I just smiled a grin of mastery.

  • The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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