revile
/ɹəˈvaɪl/
revile verb: to attack (someone) with abusive language.
Verb
revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)
- To attack (someone) with abusive language.
- who, when he was reviled, reviled not again1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 2:23
- And did not she herself revile me there?c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- abuse, call names, vituperate, flame, name-call, vitriol
Noun
revile (uncountable)
- reproach; reviling
- The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
revile meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
revile in Urdu
- برا بھلا کہنا, ڈپٹنا
revile in Bengali
- গালি দেওয়া, তীব্র সমালোচনা করা
revile in Telugu
- to revile, abuse
- జోకు jōku
revile in Malayalam
- അധിക്ഷേപിക്കുക, ചീത്ത വിളിക്കുക, നിന്ദിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- revile in Kannada
- ನಿಂದಿಸು, ದೂಷಿಸು, ಬಯ್ಯು, ಹಳಿ
- revile in Sanskrit
- पीयति pīyati
Synonyms of revile
Forms of revile
| third-person singular present | reviles |
|---|---|
| present participle | reviling |
| past participle | reviled |
| past | reviled |
Origin of revile
From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
Words formed from revile
Words that rhyme with revile
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- gentile
- kyle
- reptile
- sile
- smile
- Lyle
- tile
- while
- beguile
- bile
- Nile
- spile
- argyll
- awhile
- enisle
- guile
- gyle
- I'll
- last mile
- nubile
- resile
- restyle
- rile
- senile
- stile
- vile
- autogynephile
- bewile
- chile
- chyle
- Cnile
- District of Argyle
- heil
- ile
- interfile
- isle
- Japanophile
- Kabyle
- kile
- like it's going out of style
- Persophile
- redial
- refile
- Styal
- thyle
- tickler file
- wile
- worthwhile
Questions about revile
- What does revile mean?
- Revile means to attack (someone) with abusive language.
- What is revile in Urdu?
- Revile in Urdu is برا بھلا کہنا, ڈپٹنا. See Revile meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is revile?
- Revile can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce revile?
- Revile is pronounced /ɹəˈvaɪl/.
- What is the past tense of revile?
- The past tense of revile is reviled.
Words near revile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: revile (page history and authors); revile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జోకు (Telugu) (page history and authors); revile (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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