From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrevilere‧vile /rɪˈvaɪl/ verb [transitive] written HATEto express hatred of someone or something SYN hate The president was now reviled by the same party he had helped to lead.→ See Verb table
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revile• Old-fashioned church practices, with foot-stamping and arm-waving, were reviled.• It was originally reviled, as the artists intended, for its rejection of conventional values of art and society.• Faulkner's neighbors both loved and reviled him in the same breath.• She found it impossible to settle after his visit, and spent the time until she went to bed silently reviling him.• Why should people jump at the chance to become a member of a minority so despised and reviled in so many quarters?• Another Bloomsbury hallmark was witty conversation and upper-class snobbery, which has made Bloomsbury reviled in some circles.• His reward is to have been reviled, misrepresented and physically attacked.• These often reviled one another bitterly and openly attacked the government beyond the bounds of reason.Origin revile (1300-1400) Old French reviler, from vil; → VILE 