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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Revile \Re*vile"\, verb (used with an object) & 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.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet. ii. 23.
Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Revile \Re*vile"\, noun Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]
The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
revile
verb: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" [syn: {vilify}, {vituperate}, {rail}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "revile": 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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