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reviled
[ri-vahyld]
adjective
addressed or spoken of with contemptuous or abusive language.
They have repeatedly bombed civilian targets and conducted mass kidnappings—tactics that have made them one of the most reviled terrorist groups in the world.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of revile.
Other Word Forms
- unreviled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of reviled1
Example Sentences
This French museum’s show offers a flashback to the era when, apart from the works including those displayed here, the artists who created them were reviled and persecuted.
If there is any New York politician more reviled by progressives than Cuomo, it’s incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, now running for re-election as an independent, apparently feeling vindicated after narrowly escaping a corruption trial.
Congress doesn’t have to rely on the last surviving relic of a package of laws that were reviled by Jefferson and Madison and discredited.
Just four copies of the reviled heresy survived the flames.
In Australia, Gibson remains a widely reviled figure.
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