reviler

American  

[ri-vahy-ler] / rɪˈvaɪ lər /

noun

1. someone who speaks abusively or contemptuously to or of another person or thing.

   The author said his father was an alcoholic, a self-hating reviler of anyone and everyone who disagreed with him.

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Etymology

Origin of reviler

revile ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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reviler

Stanislaus Zbyszko's reviler was not the American's sports page, but the Sunday supplement American Weekly.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Standard, a great reviler of the Commune, said, "Anything more scandalous than the tone of the demi-monde press during this trial it is impossible to imagine."

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

The reviler, on the other hand, meets with destruction.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

No mere scoffer or reviler of the bible could have obtained such an influence in France as Voltaire did.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by David W. Bartlett

Goodwin was too eminent a Commonwealth's man, and too fair a controversialist, to be treated as a mere reviler; and it was left to the Protector's journalist, Marchamont Needham, to reply through the press.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson

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