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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. spread negative information about;
- Example: "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
[syn: vilify, revile, vituperate, rail]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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; [`a] (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. [1913 Webster] Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet. ii. 23. [1913 Webster] Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Revile \Re*vile"\, n. Reproach; reviling. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

revile v 1: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate, rail]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "revile": abuse, asperse, bark at, barrack, bawl out, berate, besmirch, bespatter, betongue, blacken, blackguard, call names, calumniate, chaff, chew out, cuss out, cut at, damn, defame, defile, denigrate, dig at, dump on, engage in personalities, epithet, epithetize, execrate, fleer, flout, fulminate against, gibe, heap dirt upon, jab, jab at, jape, jaw, jeer, libel, load with reproaches, malign, mock, muckrake, pooh, pooh-pooh, put down, rag, rail, rail at, rally, rank out, rate, rave against, scoff, scout, slam, slander, slap at, smear, smirch, sneer, sneer at, soil, stigmatize, sully, swear at, swipe, tarnish, taunt, throw mud at, thunder against, tongue-lash, traduce, twit, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, yell at, yelp at