reviler
- noun
- /rɪˈvaɪlər/
- Offensive
- Her reputation suffered because she was often labeled a reviler on social media.
Examples
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The reviler shouted insults at the player after the game.
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But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother who is sexually immoral, covetous, an idolater, a reviler, a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
Blog text (15) -
The mayor invited the revilers in and opened the city to them.
Blog text (22) -
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Blog text (15) -
On the contrary, instead of recognizing that they reflect a consensus, most revilers of Vere contrive to present themselves as dissenters from a supposedly dominant sympathy for Vere.
Academic text (1993) -
As a reviler of the corrupt system, he used his platform to speak out against injustice.
Synonyms
A person who often says bad things about people or things they dislike
A person who makes fun of others to show disrespect
A person who always finds faults in ideas or work
A person who posts angry, insulting messages online
A person who says rude or hurtful things to someone
A person who says false things about someone to harm them
A person who teases or makes fun of others to upset them
A person who treats others as unimportant by words or looks
A person who attacks someone strongly in speech or writing
A person who points out others' faults to make them feel bad or embarrassed
A person who says bad things about others behind their back to hurt their reputation
A person who says false things to harm someone's reputation
A person who unfairly says bad things about someone to make them seem unimportant
A person who says or writes false, hurtful things about someone
A person who strongly criticizes or punishes someone
A person who keeps criticizing someone very harshly, often in public
A person who laughs at others to make them feel bad
A person who laughs at others and says cruel things about them
A person who loudly insults others, often in public or toward people in authority
A person who publicly criticizes someone or something
A person who strongly criticizes someone or something
A person who often points out faults and blames others
A person who tells someone they did something wrong
A person who criticizes someone strongly for their behavior
A person who scolds others strongly
A person who attacks or shames someone publicly, often online, to damage their reputation
A person who tells lies about someone to harm their good name
A person who says false things to damage someone's reputation
A person who writes false things about someone to harm their reputation
A person who writes or publishes false, harmful statements about someone
A person who lies about someone to harm their reputation
Antonyms
How Abusive
- NSFW
- Offensive
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reviler comes from the Latin word vilis, meaning 'cheap' or 'base', and it shares the same root as the English word vile. So a reviler is someone who speaks in a low, insulting way, which fits the original idea of 'vile' speech.