revilement
- noun
- /rɪˈvaɪlmənt/
- Offensive
:
insulto
- The politician faced widespread revilement after his controversial statements.
Examples
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She was tired of the revilement online, as people attacked her character without knowing her story.
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The constant revilement from his peers made him feel isolated and hurt.
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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
313
1.3
A rude remark or action that hurts someone's feelings
155
3.4
Rude or insulting words said to hurt someone
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7.4
An insulting remark that harms someone's reputation
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4.8
An act of making someone look silly so other people laugh at them
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6.3
An insulting remark meant to hurt someone
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8.7
An insulting word or phrase that hurts someone
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7.9
Laughing at or making fun of someone to show you do not respect them
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9.8
A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation
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7.7
A sharp remark that humiliates someone in an argument
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8.8
Angry words that strongly insult someone
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8.4
Saying or writing very harsh and unfair things about someone to damage their reputation
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3.5
A rude remark that hurts or upsets someone
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8.1
Talking about someone in a way that shows dislike and makes them seem unimportant
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3.2
A rude comment meant to hurt someone or show no respect
Very rude words or actions that hurt people
Rude words or actions that aim to hurt someone
An insult that harms someone's reputation or dignity
A comment or action that makes someone feel unimportant
Antonyms
How Insulting
- Formal
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8.4
- Offensive
- Offensive
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1.3
22
6.8
56
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.