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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

revile
    v 1: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
         vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate,
         rail]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Revile \Re*vile"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Reviled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Reviling.] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile,
   depreciate, F. avilir; [`a] (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.]
   To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous
   language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me
   there?" --Shak.
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         Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet.
                                                  ii. 23.
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   Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Revile \Re*vile"\, n.
   Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]
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         The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for revile:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abuse, asperse, bark at, barrack, bawl out, berate, besmirch, bespatter, betongue, blacken, blackguard, call names, calumniate, chaff, chew out, cuss out, cut at, damn, defame, defile, denigrate, dig at, dump on, engage in personalities, epithet, epithetize, execrate, fleer, flout, fulminate against, gibe, heap dirt upon, jab, jab at, jape, jaw, jeer, libel, load with reproaches, malign, mock, muckrake, pooh, pooh-pooh, put down, rag, rail, rail at, rally, rank out, rate, rave against, scoff, scout, slam, slander, slap at, smear, smirch, sneer, sneer at, soil, stigmatize, sully, swear at, swipe, tarnish, taunt, throw mud at, thunder against, tongue-lash, traduce, twit, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, yell at, yelp at

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