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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