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. )

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

First, for the good of the reviler; namely, that his daring may be checked, and that he may not repeat the attempt, according to Prov.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Swift he quoted with admirable effect, but it was Swift the reviler, not Swift the jester.

From Matthew Arnold by Russell, George William Erskine

There shall she lie also, the scoffer and reviler, the worker of evil.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

Therefore one ought not to suffer oneself to be reviled, but rather reply to the reviler.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint