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• past tense form of revile.
• past participle of revile.

reviled

American  

[ri-vahyld] / rɪˈvaɪld /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unreviled
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of reviled

revile ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

reviled

Philips is one of India's best-known - and most polarising - doctors online: admired by supporters as a fearless champion of evidence-based medicine, reviled by critics as an attention-seeking provocateur.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

“He does not ask us to applaud Lyutov’s sweet Jewish soul without revealing how it was reviled and how it could be destroyed by those he was eager to claim as his brothers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Take Halle Berry, one of the more famous examples of the post-Oscar slump, winning best actress in 2001 for “Monster’s Ball” before starring in the critically reviled bomb that was 2004’s standalone “Catwoman” film.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026

The promoter will be allowed to keep Ticketmaster — the reviled, essential ticket-selling platform — as part of its portfolio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

But whatever Hippasus’s true fate was, there is little doubt that he was reviled by his brothers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Related Words

• aggrieved
• disgraced
• humiliated
• outraged
• shamed