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reviling

reviling is the present participle and gerund of revile.

Meaning of revile

Verb

revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

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Noun

reviling (plural revilings)

  1. reproach; abuse; vilification
    • Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 51:7
    • The written word tells us our duty, and we ought to accomplish in solemn silence, but not with revilings and deridings of our pure, holy, and just intentions, the destruction of a race, cursed by divine judgment, […]1825, Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape: An Historical Tale, page 205

Forms of reviling

pluralrevilings

Questions about reviling

What does reviling mean?
Reviling means reproach; abuse; vilification.
What is reviling the present participle and gerund of?
Reviling is the present participle and gerund of revile.
What part of speech is reviling?
Reviling is a noun.
What is the plural of reviling?
The plural of reviling is revilings.

Words near reviling in the dictionary

  1. reviler
  2. revilers
  3. reviles
  4. revilest
  5. revileth
  6. reviling
  7. revilingly
  8. revilings
  9. Revilla
  10. Revillagigedo
  11. Revillas

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