revilement

3 definitions found

revilement - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Revilement \Re*vile"ment\, n.
     The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach;
     abuse. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

revilement - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  revilement
      n 1: 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, revilement, contumely, vilification]

revilement - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "revilement":
     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