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Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?
Victoria Woodhull

Meaning of "revile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REVILE

From Old French reviler, from re- + vilvile.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REVILE

revile  [rɪˈvaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REVILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Revile is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb revile in English.

WHAT DOES REVILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbal abuse

Verbal abuse is described as a negative defining statement told to the victim or about the victim, or by withholding any response, thereby defining the target as non-existent. If the abuser does not immediately apologize and retract the defining statement, the relationship may be a verbally abusive one. In schools a young person may indulge in verbal abuse — bullying to gain status as superior to the person targeted and to bond with others against the target. Generally the bully knows no other way to connect emotionally, i.e., be bonded with others. In couple relationships, the verbal abuser responds to the partner's "separateness," i.e., independent thoughts, views, desires, feelings, expressions as an irritant or even an attack. While some people believe the abuser has low self-esteem and so attempts to place their victim in a similar position, i.e., to believe negative things about himself or herself, this is not usually the case in couple relationships. A man may, for example, disparage a woman partner simply because she has qualities that were disparaged in him, i.e., emotional intelligence, warmth, receptivity and so forth. Anyone can experience verbal abuse.

Definition of revile in the English dictionary

The definition of revile in the dictionary is to use abusive or scornful language against.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REVILE

PRESENT

Present
I revile
you revile
he/she/it reviles
we revile
you revile
they revile
Present continuous
I am reviling
you are reviling
he/she/it is reviling
we are reviling
you are reviling
they are reviling
Present perfect
I have reviled
you have reviled
he/she/it has reviled
we have reviled
you have reviled
they have reviled
Present perfect continuous
I have been reviling
you have been reviling
he/she/it has been reviling
we have been reviling
you have been reviling
they have been reviling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I reviled
you reviled
he/she/it reviled
we reviled
you reviled
they reviled
Past continuous
I was reviling
you were reviling
he/she/it was reviling
we were reviling
you were reviling
they were reviling
Past perfect
I had reviled
you had reviled
he/she/it had reviled
we had reviled
you had reviled
they had reviled
Past perfect continuous
I had been reviling
you had been reviling
he/she/it had been reviling
we had been reviling
you had been reviling
they had been reviling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will revile
you will revile
he/she/it will revile
we will revile
you will revile
they will revile
Future continuous
I will be reviling
you will be reviling
he/she/it will be reviling
we will be reviling
you will be reviling
they will be reviling
Future perfect
I will have reviled
you will have reviled
he/she/it will have reviled
we will have reviled
you will have reviled
they will have reviled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reviling
you will have been reviling
he/she/it will have been reviling
we will have been reviling
you will have been reviling
they will have been reviling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would revile
you would revile
he/she/it would revile
we would revile
you would revile
they would revile
Conditional continuous
I would be reviling
you would be reviling
he/she/it would be reviling
we would be reviling
you would be reviling
they would be reviling
Conditional perfect
I would have revile
you would have revile
he/she/it would have revile
we would have revile
you would have revile
they would have revile
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reviling
you would have been reviling
he/she/it would have been reviling
we would have been reviling
you would have been reviling
they would have been reviling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you revile
we let´s revile
you revile
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to revile
Past participle
reviled
Present Participle
reviling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REVILE


facile
ˈfæsaɪl
file
faɪl
I´ll
aɪl
isle
aɪl
juvenile
ˈdʒuːvɪˌnaɪl
kyle
kaɪl
lifestyle
ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl
meanwhile
ˈmiːnˌwaɪl
mile
maɪl
mobile
ˈməʊbaɪl
profile
ˈprəʊfaɪl
servile
ˈsɜːvaɪl
smile
smaɪl
style
staɪl
textile
ˈtɛkstaɪl
tile
taɪl
vile
vaɪl
Weill
vaɪl
Weyl
vaɪl
while
waɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REVILE

revie
review
review board
review body
review copy
review panel
reviewable
reviewal
reviewer
reviewing stand
reviled
revilement
reviler
revilingly
revindicate
revindication
reviolate
revisable
revisal
revise

WORDS THAT END LIKE REVILE

agile
automobile
awhile
chile
compile
corpus vile
crocodile
difficile
domicile
exile
fragile
half-mile
hostile
infantile
jus civile
pile
stile
utile
versatile
wait-a-while

Synonyms and antonyms of revile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REVILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «revile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of revile

Translation of «revile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REVILE

Find out the translation of revile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of revile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «revile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

辱骂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

denostar
570 millions of speakers

English

revile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गाली देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تسبوا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поносить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insultam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গালাগালি করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

injurier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghina
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schmähen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

罵る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapusi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chưởi rủa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூற்றுவதற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निंदा करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yermek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insulteranno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

urągają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поносити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ocărî
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βρίζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beledig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smäda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spotter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of revile

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REVILE»

The term «revile» is normally little used and occupies the 122.968 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REVILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «revile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «revile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about revile

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3 QUOTES WITH «REVILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word revile.
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Timothy Noah
The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago.
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Tony Shalhoub
With what's happened in the world the last three years, it's easier to see why it's become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture.
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Victoria Woodhull
Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REVILE»

Discover the use of revile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to revile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Accidental Hero
The ax cleaved Revile's left arm from his body at the shoulder. Continuing on its path, the ax spun back into Hovarth's hand and he caught it by the handle. Revile screamed a horrible curse in the Rustov tongue. The ax had taken off a sizable ...
Matt Myklusch, 2011
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Holy Bible
W0 unto them that . . . revile against that which is good, 2 Ne. 28:16 revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins, Jacob 3:9 saw that he would revile even against God, Alma 30:29 do not revile against those who do cast ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Book of Mormon | Doctrine and Covenants | Pearl of Great Price
REVILE See also Backbiting; Hate; Malice; Mock; Persecution; Railing; Scorn; Spit Israelites revile against Moses, 1 Ne. 17:42 if ye say I have spoken hard things against you, ye revile against truth, 2 Ne. 9:40 those who revile against that ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1981
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The Saints Happinesse
Jeremiah Burroughs, William Greenhill, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress). VKtrd tfjtff to those wh -are >r*v!lid,\'. jjjp on,tbe persecution's the tongue, revilitsg 5 Slewed are ye.whcx me* shall revile ym,. pie v^ra .iQr rmVwjsigtuties ...
Jeremiah Burroughs, William Greenhill, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress), 1660
5
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians: And Homilies on ...
That mouth must not revile, which receives the kiss of Christ. 261 words which follow, which art in Heaven. The moment Homil. X TV thou sayest, Our Father, which art in Heaven, the word - raises thee up, it gives wings to thy mind, it points out ...
Saint John Chrysostom, William John Copeland, 1840
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Ancient Christianity Exemplified: In the Private, Domestic, ...
Dost thou think it no harm with that mouth to speak evil of and revile thy brother ? How canst thou call him brother ? If he is not thy brother, how couldst thou say ' Our Father?' — for that implies more persons than one. Consider with whom thou  ...
Lyman Coleman, 1852
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The Genesis Pursuit
In verse 39 that Greek word is blasphemeo, a verb, which means to speak reproachfully, revile, or to be spoken evil of. The question is, why the different verbs for the same thing "cast into his teeth?" What does "cast the same in his teeth" mean ...
Stephen John Spencer, 2006
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A Commentary on the Psalms
The verb is a characteristic perfect, as are the verbs “bless” and “revile” to follow; these express characteristic actions of the wicked, true in the past and present, but will not be true in the future. Then, to demonstrate their misguided ...
Allen P. Ross, 2011
9
What's On God's Sin List for Today?
revile” is the word used when Jesus' enemies badmouth the man born blind in John 9:28. it is the word used in acts 23:4 when Paul curses the high priest and is asked, “Would you revile God's high priest?” it is the word used in 1 Corinthians ...
Tom Hobson, 2011
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
Them to revile or foib. ' Spenser. His eye reviPd He as his abject object. Shai. — Neither be afraid of their reviling], Isaiah li. 7. -She rtvileth him to his face, and raileth at him. Swift. * REVILER. n.s. [from revile.] One who re- files; one who treats ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REVILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term revile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chiké Okonkwo Joins Ensemble Cast Of 'The Birth Of A Nation'
I revile slavery and I revile racism. They deeply and indelibly stain everything that is great about... Ken Conrad. 2 weeks. Uhm Chiwetel Ejiofor starred in 12 ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
2
Niece of jailed Kurdish leader enters Turkish parliament
For many Turks, the name Ocalan is indelibly linked to the man they revile as leader of a Kurdish insurgency in which 40,000 people died. But on Tuesday, an ... «Al-Arabiya, Jun 15»
3
Society's In Trouble When It's Cool To Revile Entrepreneurs
Politics: Sen. Ron Johnson believes that entrepreneurs have become villains in the current political atmosphere. It's sad to say, but he's right. Even the president ... «Investor's Business Daily, Jun 15»
4
Roxanne Quimby's story worth telling, whether you admire or revile
She is a conservationist, but she also is reviled by many individuals and groups that trumpet the conservation cause in Maine. Without doubt, Quimby is our ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, May 15»
5
'Cruel and humiliating': world media revile Abbott govt
“'Nope, Nope, Nope': Tony Abbott's blunt response when asked if Australia would accept hundreds of desperate refugees pictured stranded on rotting boats off ... «Crikey, May 15»
6
Shame on those protesting at the church – Zharif Badrul
"Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own ... «The Malaysian Insider, Apr 15»
7
Revilles revile dog poop wrongdoers
Revilles revile dog poop wrongdoers. Friday, 17 April 2015. Ben, Katie and Alice Reville showing off the stickers they will be putting up around Ivybridge ... «Ivybridge South Brent and South, Apr 15»
8
Remembering Malcolm X, the Crusades and Jim Crow
At the funeral, actor Ossie Davis eulogized Malcolm X: "There are those who will consider it their duty, as friends of the Negro people, to tell us to revile him, ... «Seacoastonline.com, Feb 15»
9
MainJudaismHalf-Way Through the Book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus spans 1,209 verses, and the half-way verse, the heart of the Book of Exodus, falls in Parashat Mishpatim: “You shall not revile judges, ... «Arutz Sheva, Feb 15»
10
Twitter haters revile VH1 'Sorority Sisters'
Twitter haters revile VH1 'Sorority Sisters'. December 16, 2014 | Filed in: Television. Comments 9. Adrene is a focal point on "Sorority Sisters," a boutique owner ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dec 14»

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