vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
(verb) spread negative information about; “The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)
(ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
• calumniate
• reproach
• scold
• vilify
• vituperate
revile (uncountable)
(obsolete) reproach; reviling
• eviler, levier, liever, relive, veiler
Source: Wiktionary
Re*vile", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Reviled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviling.] Etym: [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir; Ă (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.]
Definition: To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there" Shak. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23.
Syn.
– To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
Re*vile", n.
Definition: Reproach; reviling. [Obs.] The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
