MEANING
To speak about someone in strongly abusive or contemptuous terms.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- revile an opponent
- publicly revile
On the page
The pamphlets reviled the reformers by name.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- revile
- Past tense
- reviled
- Past participle
- reviled
- Present participle
- reviling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- revile
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reviling
- Present perfect
- have/has reviled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reviling
- Past
- reviled
- Past continuous
- was/were reviling
- Past perfect
- had reviled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reviling
- Future
- will revile
- Future continuous
- will be reviling
- Future perfect
- will have reviled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reviling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: revile; reviles; reviled; reviled; reviling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reviles.
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