revile

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To attack (someone) with abusive language.

   who, when he was reviled, reviled not again

2. 2
   noun

   reproach; reviling

   The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.

3. 3
   verb

   spread negative information about

Etymology

From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.