Skip to main content
revilement

revilement

9.3
A set of harsh insulting words meant to hurt someone
  • noun
  • /rɪˈvaɪlmənt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : insulto
  • The politician faced widespread revilement after his controversial statements.

Examples

  • She was tired of the revilement online, as people attacked her character without knowing her story.

  • The constant revilement from his peers made him feel isolated and hurt.

  • The current research attempts to investigate the employment of humor and ridicule in the selected sample of cartoons to achieve the century-old target of revilement of Muslim women.

    Academic text (2018)
  • "Not in a sexual sense, but 'rape' here synonymously describes the following things that were forced upon the victim: defilement, molestation, exploitation, humiliation, bigotry, betrayal, invasion, revilement...

    Blog text (21)

Synonyms

insult
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
313 1.3

A rude remark or action that hurts someone's feelings

is an insulting expression focused on causing emotional pain
abuse
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
155 3.4

Rude or insulting words said to hurt someone

is a single offensive expression meant specifically to wound feelings
slur
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
54 7.4

An insulting remark that harms someone's reputation

is an offensive utterance focused on personal hurt rather than reputation harm
ridicule
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
53 4.8

An act of making someone look silly so other people laugh at them

is an abusive expression aimed directly to offend rather than to mock playfully
slam
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
34 6.3

An insulting remark meant to hurt someone

is an offensive expression with general intent to wound rather than attack style
epithet
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
17 8.7

An insulting word or phrase that hurts someone

is a broader abusive expression not limited to one word
derision
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
17 7.9

Laughing at or making fun of someone to show you do not respect them

is an insulting expression that aims to wound rather than to mock only
aspersion
vsrevilement
11 9.8

A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation

is an abusive expression aimed at offending the person rather than reputation
takedown
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
11 7.7

A sharp remark that humiliates someone in an argument

is an offensive expression aimed at hurting rather than primarily humiliating
invective
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
10 8.8

Angry words that strongly insult someone

is similarly abusive but is described as a single offensive utterance
vilification
vsrevilement
  • Formal
6 8.4

Saying or writing very harsh and unfair things about someone to damage their reputation

is an insulting expression targeting the person rather than broad defamation
nasty comment
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
4 3.5

A rude remark that hurts or upsets someone

is a deliberately abusive expression aiming to offend rather than just upset
disparagement
vsrevilement
3 8.1

Talking about someone in a way that shows dislike and makes them seem unimportant

is an offensive utterance designed specifically to hurt rather than just belittle
insulting remark
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
1 3.2

A rude comment meant to hurt someone or show no respect

is an abusive expression that aims to hurt rather than just show disrespect
scurrility
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
9.9

Very rude words or actions that hurt people

is offensive language that focuses on insult rather than vulgar tone
contumely
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
9.9

Rude words or actions that aim to hurt someone

is an insulting utterance aimed at hurting feelings rather than treatment
injuria
vsrevilement
  • Offensive
9.9

An insult that harms someone's reputation or dignity

is an insulting expression focused on wounding feelings rather than legal harm
derogation
vsrevilement
8.6

A comment or action that makes someone feel unimportant

is an insulting expression aimed more at hurting an individual than general belittling

Antonyms

342 1.6

A polite remark that praises someone or something

161 1.0

Words or actions that show admiration for someone

How Insulting

vilification
  • Formal
6 8.4
revilement
  • Offensive
9.3
insult
  • Offensive
313 1.3
rebuke
22 6.8
criticism
56 3.0

Surface Forms

revilement singular
revilements plural

Morphology

revilement = revile (transparent) = revile + ment

Derived regularly from the verb 'revile' with the productive nominalizing suffix '-ment', so the noun's meaning is directly predictable from the verb.

Etymology

Revilement comes from the verb revile, made of re- and vile, where vile means 'worthless' or 'very bad'. So revilement is harsh words that call someone worthless and are meant to hurt.