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revilement
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun revilement has 1 sense
- revilement(n = noun.communication) abuse, contumely, insult, vilification - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" is a kind of discourtesy, disrespect
has particulars: low blow, billingsgate, scurrility, cut, stinger, invective, vitriol, vituperation
Derived form verb revile1
CIDE DICTIONARY
revilement, n.
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
revilement
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation
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