reviling
Harshly criticizing someone
Reviling is the act of criticizing or insulting someone with bitter, abusive language.
The word carries a sense of sustained verbal attack rather than a single insult: The crowd's reviling of the referee continued long after the call.
Someone who reviles another speaks with contempt and scorn.
Offensive remark or action
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- libelPrinted defamation
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
calumny · invective · vituperation · tirade · diatribe · harangue · fulmination · abuse
Publicly declaring disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
castigation · admonishment · chastisement · upbraiding · berating · lambasting · excoriating · criticism
Scornful disregard
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
sneering · disgust · repugnance · hatred · animosity · antipathy · aversion · odium
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
sarcasm · jibes · gibes · heckling · lampooning · belittlement · humiliation · degradation
insult
Offensive remark or action
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- libelPrinted defamation
vilification · calumny · invective · vituperation · tirade · diatribe · harangue · fulmination · abuse · epithets
denouncing
Publicly declaring disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
reprimand · castigation · admonishment · chastisement · upbraiding · berating · lambasting · excoriating · criticism · disapproval
disdain
Scornful disregard
mockery · sneering · disgust · repugnance · hatred · animosity · antipathy · aversion · odium · abhorrence
mocking
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
sneering · sarcasm · jibes · gibes · heckling · lampooning · belittlement · humiliation · degradation · put-downs
revilingpraising
Voicing admiration
commending · lauding · extolling · glorifying · acclaiming
revilingadoring
Showing deep affection
cherishing · blessing · worshipping · revering · admiring
revilinghonoring
Recognizing with respect
respecting · venerating · cherishing · esteeming · dignifying
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