noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹəˈvaɪl/
rhymes with -aɪl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
reproach; reviling
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To attack (someone) with abusive language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
хокане
(hokane)
— reproach
Bulgarian:
ругая
(rugaja)
— to attack with abusive language
Bulgarian:
хокам
(hokam)
— to attack with abusive language
Catalan:
insultar
— to attack with abusive language
Chinese Mandarin:
斥責 /斥责
(chìzé)
— to attack with abusive language
Chinese Mandarin:
辱罵 /辱骂
(rǔmà)
— to attack with abusive language
Chinese Mandarin:
謾罵 /谩骂
(mànmà)
— to attack with abusive language
Czech:
zlořečit
— to attack with abusive language
Czech:
nadávat
— to attack with abusive language
Czech:
hanobit
— to attack with abusive language
Czech:
spílat
— to attack with abusive language
Czech:
tupit
— to attack with abusive language
Dutch:
uitschelden
— to attack with abusive language
Esperanto:
insulti
— to attack with abusive language
Finnish:
herjata
— to attack with abusive language
Finnish:
solvata
— to attack with abusive language
French:
insulter
— to attack with abusive language
Galician:
insultar
— to attack with abusive language
German:
schmähen
— to attack with abusive language
German:
beschimpfen
— to attack with abusive language
German:
verunglimpfen
— to attack with abusive language
German:
stänkern gegen
— to attack with abusive language
Gothic:
𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
(idweitjan)
— to attack with abusive language
Ancient Greek:
λοιδορέω
(loidoréō)
— to attack with abusive language
Ancient Greek:
βλασφημέω
(blasphēméō)
— to attack with abusive language
Ancient Greek:
κακορροθέω
(kakorrhothéō)
— to attack with abusive language
White Hmong:
cem
— to attack with abusive language
Hungarian:
ócsárol
— to attack with abusive language
Hungarian:
szidalmaz
— to attack with abusive language
Hungarian:
becsmérel
— to attack with abusive language
Hungarian:
gyaláz
— to attack with abusive language
Hungarian:
sérteget
— to attack with abusive language
Hungarian:
pocskondiáz
— to attack with abusive language
Ido:
insultar
— to attack with abusive language
Irish:
imdhearg
— to attack with abusive language
Italian:
insultare
— to attack with abusive language
Italian:
vituperare
— to attack with abusive language
Māori:
whakarihariha
— to attack with abusive language
Polish:
piętnować
— to attack with abusive language
Polish:
napiętnować
— to attack with abusive language
Polish:
lżyć
— to attack with abusive language
Polish:
zelżyć
— to attack with abusive language
Portuguese:
insultar
— to attack with abusive language
Romanian:
ocărî
— to attack with abusive language
Romanian:
huli
— to attack with abusive language
Russian:
поноси́ть
(ponosítʹ)
— to attack with abusive language
Sanskrit:
पीयति
(pīyati)
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
insultar
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
putear
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
injuriar
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
denigrar
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
vilipendiar
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
reprochar
— to attack with abusive language
Spanish:
denostar
— to attack with abusive language