revile
verb (used with object)
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
are reviling
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present progressiveof revile.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If Cabell pleads at all, he pleads with us not to repudiate a Villon or a Marlowe while we are reviling the imperfect man in a perfect poet.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell
