Antonyms for reviling


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-vahyl
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvaɪl


Definition of reviling

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French reviler "consider vile, despise, scorn," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + aviler "make vile or cheap, disesteem," from vil (see vile). Related: Reviled; reviling.
  • noun vituperation
Example sentences :
  • Muda Saffir arose in his prahu cursing and reviling the frightened Dyaks.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • From this passage has come abundance of reviling of the physical system.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • Thus spoke Thersites, reviling Agamemnon, the shepherd of the people.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
  • His use of "raca" and "moreh" for reviling, shows their meaning was not lost upon him.
  • Extract from : « A Retrospect » by James Hudson Taylor
  • The boys are usually very bad about reviling each other and about fighting.
  • Extract from : « Modern Persia » by Mooshie G. Daniel
  • Boys and men gather around them spitting at and reviling them.
  • Extract from : « Modern Persia » by Mooshie G. Daniel
  • Was it possible that in that dread hour she was reviling him?
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • Reviling—or pronouncing execrations and threats—is of two kinds.
  • Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • Then, pursued by the reviling and hissing of the populace, she had been taken to prison.
  • Extract from : « Complete Short Works » by Georg Ebers
  • Many Jews have lately been punished for reviling the gods of the Babylonians.
  • Extract from : « An Egyptian Princess, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Synonyms for reviling

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