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Synonyms for reviler
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-vahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvaɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for reviler Other synonyms for the word reviler
- aristarch
- backseat driver
- belittler
- blamer
- calumniator
- censurer
- complainer
- criticizer
- defamer
- detractor
- disapprover
- disparager
- disputer
- doubter
- dragon
- faultfinder
- fire-eater
- fishwife
- fretter
- fury
- harpy
- harridan
- hell cat
- hellion
- hussy
- hypercritic
- madcap
- maligner
- muckraker
- mud-slinger
- nag
- nagger
- niggler
- nit-picker
- nitpicker
- ogress
- old biddy
- panner
- porcupine
- quibbler
- reviler
- scold
- scolder
- she-devil
- she-wolf
- sidewalk superintendent
- siren
- slanderer
- spitfire
- termagant
- tigress
- vilifier
- virago
- vituperator
- vixen
- wench
- worrier
- zapper
Définition of reviler
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.
- As in shrew : noun mean lady
- As in niggler : noun critic
- As in nitpicker : noun critic
- As in quibbler : noun critic
- As in critic : noun faultfinder, detractor
- There shall she lie also, the scoffer and reviler, the worker of evil.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 » by Various
- But the scoffer and the reviler is after all not our philosopher's favorite rle.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. » by E. Rameur
- The reviler of the gods shall be cared for, he said to himself.
- Extract from : « The Fair God » by Lew Wallace
- If then a man listens like a stone, what profit is there to the reviler?
- Extract from : « A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion » by Epictetus
- Swift he quoted with admirable effect, but it was Swift the reviler, not Swift the jester.
- Extract from : « Matthew Arnold » by G. W. E. Russell
- The inconsistency of the reviler of things sacred, was becoming more barefaced and unpardonable.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 » by Various
- By many he is called the reviler of the gods, the author of all fraud and mischief, and the shame of gods and men alike.
- Extract from : « Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian » by Various
- And do you feel no shame in delivering up your own mind to any reviler, to be disconcerted and confounded?
- Extract from : « The Enchiridion » by Epictetus
- But if the reviler has as a stepping-stone (or ladder) the weakness of him who is reviled, then he accomplishes something.
- Extract from : « A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion » by Epictetus
- No mere scoffer or reviler of the bible could have obtained such an influence in France as Voltaire did.
- Extract from : « Paris: With Pen and Pencil » by David W. Bartlett
Antonyms for reviler
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