revilers

Those who berate

Revilers are people who verbally attack others with abusive, contemptuous language.

The word carries a biblical or formal tone, appearing in religious texts warning against those who revile: Neither revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

In modern use, it sounds archaic or deliberately elevated.

hostility

hatred

Intense hostile aversion

spite · vitriol · loathing · detestation · aversion · enmity · rancor · venom · bitterness · antagonism

mockery

ridicule

Contemptuous mocking treatment

scoffing · heckling · jibes · gibes · derision · sarcasm · lampooning · caricature · raillery · scorn

Categories
Opposites
verbal attitude toward others

revilersadmirers

People who appreciate someone

praisers · extollers · glorifiers · worshippers · flatterers

moral stance toward subjects

revilersdefenders

Those who shield others

champions · apologists · vindicators · advocates · exonerators

Family

revile, reviled, revilement, reviles, reviler

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG