revile
pronunciation
How to pronounce revile in British English:
UK [rɪˈvaɪl]
How to pronounce revile in American English:
US [rɪˈvaɪl]
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- Verb:
- spread negative information about
Word Origin
- revile
- revile: see vile
- revile (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French reviler "consider vile, despise, scorn," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + aviler "make vile or cheap, disesteem," from vil (see vile). Related: Reviled; reviling.
Antonym
Example
- 1. And those standing by said , do you revile the high priest of god ?
- 2. It 's one thing to revile the whole of modern art and anyone who likes it , as does a stuckist painter in a series of paintings starring me as their villain .
- 3. I could listen to her revile me for hours .
- 4. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account .
- 5. How long will the enemy mock you , o god ? Will the foe revile your name forever ?