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[syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Revilement \Re*vile"ment\, n.
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach;
abuse. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
revilement
n 1: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a
student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse";
"they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse,
insult, revilement, contumely, vilification]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "revilement":
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words,
blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely,
defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration,
diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad,
malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling,
obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, screed,
scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade,
tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation