Reviled
[rɪ'vaɪld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Revile
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Examples
- She has despised me--repulsed me--reviled me--And wherefore should I offer up for her whatever of estimation I have in the opinion of others? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Reviled by them all, deserted by them all, I was left alone in the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mingling with the coward band there assembled, they reviled their admirable leader, and asserted their own superiority and exemption. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He reviled them as Saxons and snobs at the very top pitch of his high Celtic voice; they taunted him with being the native of a conquered land. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was then demolished by a mob and its inventor reviled, but it afterward became the pride of Lyons and the means of its renown and wealth in the weaving of silks of rich designs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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