What does revile mean?
Revile means (ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language..
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/ɹəˈvaɪl/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language..
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
And did not she herself revile me there?
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.
Use revile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Revile means (ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language..
Common synonyms include abuse, call names, flame, name-call.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
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