revile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spread negative information about
    vituperate; vilify; rail.
    • The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews

WordNet

Re*vile" transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir; à (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Reviled ; present participle & verbal noun Reviling
Definitions
  1. To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there?" Shak.
    Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23.
    Syn. -- To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
Re*vile" noun
Definitions
  1. Reproach; reviling. Obs.
    The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. Milton.

Webster 1913