reviled

[ri-vahyld]

adjective

1. addressed or spoken of with contemptuous or abusive language.

   They have repeatedly bombed civilian targets and conducted mass kidnappings—tactics that have made them one of the most reviled terrorist groups in the world.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of revile.

Other Word Forms

• unreviled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reviled¹

revile ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Fonda’s most noteworthy and reviled political moment occurred the same year, when she was photographed by the North Vietnamese sitting atop an antiaircraft gun.

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But why did thousands of people travel miles to the heart of Westminster to march with a man reviled by mainstream politics – carrying a banner calling for Remigration Now?

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Cops continue to be near-universally reviled, with federal surveys showing that 9 out of 10 Mexicans don’t trust the police.

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The president he killed is no less divisive, lauded for his country's economic rise and reviled for his authoritarian rule.

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Then came the even more reviled “Justice League” the following year, both a critical and commercial disaster for the studio.

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