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Definition of Revile
1. Verb. Spread negative information about. "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
Generic synonyms: Abuse, Blackguard, Clapperclaw, Shout
Derivative terms: Revilement, Vilification, Vilification, Vilifier, Vituperation, Vituperative
Definition of Revile
1. v. t. & i. To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
2. n. Reproach; reviling.
Definition of Revile
1. Verb. To attack (someone) with abusive language. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) reproach; reviling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revile
1. to denounce with abusive language [v -VILED, -VILING, -VILES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revile
Literary usage of Revile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes, Explanatory & Practical, on the Gospels: Designed for Sunday School by Albert Barnes (1856)
"But if, in the honest effort to be Christians, and to live the life of Christians,
others persecute and revile us, we are to consider this as a blessing. ..."
2. Ethic Demonstrated in Geometrical Order: And Divided Into Five Parts, which by Benedictus de Spinoza (1883)
"But those, on the contrary, who know how to revile men, to denounce vices rather
than teach virtues, and not to strengthen men's minds but to weaken them, ..."
3. Ethic: Demonstrated in Geometrical Order, and Divided Into Five Parts, which by Benedictus de Spinoza, William Hale White, Amelia Hutchison Stirling (1894)
"But those, on the- contrary, who know how to revile men, to denounce vices rather
than teach virtues, and not to strengthen men's, minds but to weaken them, ..."
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