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

Memories play a key role — people loved and lost, places missed and reviled.

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For a brief moment, it appeared the reviled Joshua tree would serve this purpose.

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For years, Cheney was a hero to the Republican right for his forthright manner and dry-as-dust ideological beliefs - and reviled by the left, who accused him of working for the interests of the oil industry.

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Hoover-style service resumed, in other words, with a new target even more universally reviled than Red infiltrators.

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Under pressure from its overseas hosts and increasingly reviled at home, the militant group had little choice but to relent.

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