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

He was not a coward reviler, a "tongue-doughty giant," whose ears are the most delicate part about him, but an open fighter, who got as good as he gave.

From Milton by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

A good translation from the Greek would render this reviler.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr

The inconsistency of the reviler of things sacred, was becoming more barefaced and unpardonable.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various

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 Saint Thomas Aquinas

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