Re·vile v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Reviled p. pr. & vb. n. Reviling.] To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. “And did not she herself revile me there?”
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet. ii. 23.
Syn: -- To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
reviled
adj : assailed with contemptuous language [syn: maligned]