"revile" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹəˈvaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-revile.wav
Rhymes: -aɪl 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|revilen}} Middle English revilen, {{uder|en|fro|aviler||to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem}} Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} revile (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) reproach; reviling Tags: obsolete, uncountable Translations (reproach): хокане (hokane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), reprochar (Spanish)
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Verb

IPA: /ɹəˈvaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-revile.wav Forms: reviles [present, singular, third-person], reviling [participle, present], reviled [participle, past], reviled [past]
Rhymes: -aɪl 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|revilen}} Middle English revilen, {{uder|en|fro|aviler||to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem}} Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: defame Translations (to attack with abusive language): λοιδορέω (loidoréō) (Ancient Greek), βλασφημέω (blasphēméō) (Ancient Greek), κακορροθέω (kakorrhothéō) (Ancient Greek), ругая (rugaja) (Bulgarian), хокам (hokam) (Bulgarian), insultar (Catalan), 斥責 (Chinese Mandarin), 斥责 (chìzé) (Chinese Mandarin), 辱罵 (Chinese Mandarin), 辱骂 (rǔmà) (Chinese Mandarin), 謾罵 (Chinese Mandarin), 谩骂 (mànmà) (Chinese Mandarin), uitschelden (Dutch), insulti (Esperanto), herjata (Finnish), solvata (Finnish), insulter (French), insultar (Galician), schmähen (German), beschimpfen (German), verunglimpfen (German), stänkern gegen (German), 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (idweitjan) (Gothic), ócsárol (Hungarian), szidalmaz (Hungarian), becsmérel (Hungarian), gyaláz (Hungarian), sérteget (Hungarian), pocskondiáz (Hungarian), insultar (Ido), imdhearg (Irish), insultare (Italian), vituperare (Italian), whakarihariha (Maori), piętnować [imperfective] (Polish), napiętnować [perfective] (Polish), lżyć [imperfective] (Polish), zelżyć [perfective] (Polish), insultar (Portuguese), ocărî (Romanian), huli (Romanian), поноси́ть (ponosítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), पीयति (pīyati) (Sanskrit), insultar (Spanish), putear (english: Am.) (Spanish), smäda (Swedish), skymfa (Swedish), håna (Swedish), åkväda (Swedish), cem (White Hmong)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "word": "斥责"
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          "word": "辱罵"
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          "roman": "rǔmà",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "辱骂"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "謾罵"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "mànmà",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "谩骂"
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "insulti"
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "word": "schmähen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "beschimpfen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "verunglimpfen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "stänkern gegen"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "idweitjan",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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          "roman": "loidoréō",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "roman": "kakorrhothéō",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "ócsárol"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "szidalmaz"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "becsmérel"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "gyaláz"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "sérteget"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "pocskondiáz"
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "insultare"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "vituperare"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
          "word": "whakarihariha"
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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          "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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      "word": "solvata"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
      "word": "beschimpfen"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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      "word": "vituperare"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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      "word": "insultar"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
      "word": "पीयति"
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      "word": "insultar"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
      "word": "putear"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
      "word": "smäda"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
      "word": "skymfa"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
      "word": "åkväda"
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      "sense": "to attack with abusive language",
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