Dictionary Definition
revilement n : a rude expression intended to
offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared
them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn:
abuse, insult, contumely, vilification]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The act of reviling.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abuse,
assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words,
blackening, calumny, character
assassination, contumely, defamation, defamation of
character, defilement, denigration, diatribe, execration, hard words,
invective, jawing, jeremiad, malicious defamation,
muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling,
obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word,
tirade, tongue-lashing,
vilification,
vituperation