Thesaurus:revile
English
Verb
(ambitransitive)
Sense: to attack (someone) with abusive language
Synonyms
- abuse (transitive only)
- call names
- flame (Internet)
- revile
- vitriol (transitive only)
- vituperate
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Ambitransitive:
- call someone every name in the book (idiomatic)
- call someone everything but a child of God (idiomatic, slang)
- heckle [⇒ thesaurus]
Transitive:
Intransitive:
Hypohyponyms
Of mock:
- deride [⇒ thesaurus]
- jeer at [⇒ thesaurus]
Various
Further reading
- “932. disapprobation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “revile” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.