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

There, hold your tongue, you miserable, selfish reviler of one whom in your heart you look up to as a pattern of womanhood.

From Witness to the Deed by Fenn, George Manville

He was the very embodiment of: “The blame of the blamer shall not deflect him from the path of God, and the terrible might of the reviler shall not shake him.”

From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

The dogs follow him wherever he goes, and any reviler, and he cannot repel him.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

The boy's eye caught the motion, and he whirled suddenly in a backward course and danced past his reviler again, this time much nearer than before.

From Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 by Riley, James Whitcomb