revilement
Harsh spoken condemnation
Revilement is harsh verbal abuse or the act of reviling—assailing someone with contemptuous language.
The word is formal and somewhat literary: He endured years of public revilement.
Where insult suggests a single act, revilement implies sustained or intense verbal attack.
Bitter verbal abuse
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
- tiradeExtended angry speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
denunciation · excoriation · condemnation · castigation · berating · upbraiding · lambasting · tongue-lashing
Insulting group label
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- aspersionDefamatory remark
libel · smear · epithet · affront · slight · taunt · jeer · gibe
Intense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
disgust · odium · animosity · antipathy · enmity · hostility · malice · spite
vituperation
Bitter verbal abuse
diatribe · denunciation · excoriation · condemnation · castigation · berating · upbraiding · lambasting · tongue-lashing · rebuke
slur
Insulting group label
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
aspersion · libel · smear · epithet · affront · slight · taunt · jeer · gibe · sneer
loathing
Intense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
repugnance · disgust · odium · animosity · antipathy · enmity · hostility · malice · spite · venom
revilementpraise
Expression of approval
acclaim · commendation · adulation · flattery · glorification
vile, villainy, vilify, revile, villainous, vilification, reviled, reviling, vilifier