revile
Verbally tear apart
To revile is to criticize or abuse with harsh, contemptuous language: The crowd reviled the referee.
The word suggests sustained verbal attack rather than a single insult.
Someone who is reviled is widely hated or condemned: a reviled dictator, the most reviled man in America.
Spoken false defamation
- defameHarm reputation falsely
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- libelPrinted defamation
traduce · smear · malign · aspersion · disparage · besmirch · tarnish · slur
Offensive remark or action
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- lambasteScold with ferocity
- excoriateSeverely criticize or censure
upbraid · castigate · objurgate · scold · rebuke · reprimand · chastise · admonish
Mock with contempt
- mockScornful imitation or fake
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- tauntInsulting provocation
jeer · sneer · scoff · belittle · disparage · disdain · spurn · contemn
Intense, settled disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
repugnance · antipathy · animosity · aversion · revulsion · execration · odium · anathema
Publicly declare wrongdoing
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
- decryOpenly criticize harshly
- deploreCondemn as wrong
reprehend · anathematize · execrate · damn · imprecate · excommunicate · reprobate · proscribe
Angry prolonged outburst
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- philippicBitter accusatory speech
screed · broadside · polemic · denunciation · fulmination · vituperation · jeremiad · outburst
slander
Spoken false defamation
libel · traduce · smear · malign · aspersion · disparage · besmirch · tarnish · slur · mudslinging
insult
Offensive remark or action
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- lambasteScold with ferocity
excoriate · upbraid · castigate · objurgate · scold · rebuke · reprimand · chastise · admonish · reproach
deride
Mock with contempt
taunt · jeer · sneer · scoff · belittle · disparage · disdain · spurn · contemn · flout
loathing
Intense, settled disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
detestation · repugnance · antipathy · animosity · aversion · revulsion · execration · odium · anathema · scorn
denounce
Publicly declare wrongdoing
deplore · reprehend · anathematize · execrate · damn · imprecate · excommunicate · reprobate · proscribe · opprobrium
rant
Angry prolonged outburst
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
philippic · screed · broadside · polemic · denunciation · fulmination · vituperation · jeremiad · outburst · tongue-lashing