revile

[Re*vile·]

If something is reviled, you alone don’t dislike it; a whole community of like minded souls has to hate its guts. For instance, spam is widely reviled. (The junk e mails, not the potted meat. Somebody out there really does like that potted meat.)

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To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

Verb
spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"


v. t. & i.
To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

n.
Reproach; reviling.


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; '85 (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.
Syn. -- To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.

Revile

Re*vile", n. Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]
The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.

To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

Reproach; reviling.

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