revilement – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
revilement
n.
abuse, disparagement, defamation, libel, derision
Verbal Abuse (band)
Verbal abuse
Verbal abuse (also known as reviling or " verbal bullying") is described as a negative defining statement told to the victim or about the victim, or by withholding any response, thereby defining the target as non-existent. If the abuser does not immediately apologize and retract the defining statement, the relationship may be a verbally abusive one.
revilement
Noun
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"
(synonym) abuse, insult, contumely, vilification
(hypernym) disrespect, discourtesy
(hyponym) low blow
(derivation) vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
Revilement
(n.)
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
revilement
Synonyms and related words:
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
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