What is another word for reviling ?

Verbal abuse or denigration

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

character assassination

misrepresentation of character

defamation of character

offense^US

offence^UK

rumor^US

rumour^UK

disrespect

swear words

evil-speaking

rap over the knuckles

hatchet job

hit piece

name-calling

backhanded compliment

disparaging representation

negative portrayal

severe condemnation

scathing critique

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“Her speech was filled with reviling, unleashing a barrage of insults and demeaning remarks towards her opponent.”

Noun

taking the Lord's name in vain

Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

offense^US

offence^UK

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

dishonoring^US

misdemeanor^US

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Noun

A false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation

misrepresentation of character

character assassination

defamation of character

rumor^US

rumour^UK

lying

slime

mud

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

rumours^UK

rumors^US

backhanded compliment

blot on the escutcheon

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

stories^US

offence^UK

storeys^UK

rap over the knuckles

damning portrayal

harsh depiction

disparaging representation

intimate intelligence

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Adjective

Extremely offensive, harsh and insulting

dishonoring^US

libelous^US

libellous^UK

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

politically incorrect

ill-humored^US

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Verb

Present participle for to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

castigating

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

raking over the coals

casting aspersions on

giving someone a roasting

slighting

pulling apart

doing a hatchet job on

belaboring^US

minimizing^US

belabouring^UK

dragging through the mud

hauling over the coals

minimising^UK

throwing brickbats at

giving someone a dressing-down

despising

letting someone have it

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a bad press

rapping over the knuckles

blackening the name of

dishonoring^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

giving something a bad press

giving something a battering

laughing at

sullying the reputation of

loathing

jeering at

abominating

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

looking down on

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

going for the jugular

flinging mud at

pulling up

holding cheap

spreading scandal about

treating lightly

blackening the reputation of

telling lies about

calling names

cutting to the quick

conducting a smear campaign against

giving a bad press to

giving someone a wigging

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

giving some stick to

giving someone a caning

demonizing^US

ostracizing^US

demonising^UK

ostracising^UK

calling over the coals

burlesquing

caricaturing

dragging through the mire

thundering against

objecting to

bringing into disrepute

doing a number on

swearing at

treating disrespectfully

putting away

finding fault

declaiming against

biting someone's head off

throwing shade

jumping down one's throat

running a smear campaign against

spreading tales about

dragging someone's name through the mud

taking to the woodshed

going on at

putting on the mat

laughing off

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving flak to

blackening someone's name

feeling contempt for

giving someone some stick

bringing to book

look down one's nose at

slapping someone's wrist

writing false reports about

jumping down someone's throat

looking down upon

marking wrong

making fun of

blackening the character of

dragging name through mud

slapping down

treating with contempt

bringing discredit to

calling on the carpet

criticizing harshly

animadverting upon

giving a piece of one's mind

giving tongue-lashing

weighing into

downplaying

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

understating

giving comeuppance

knocking off high horse

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

hurling insults at

wading into

exploding

giving a tongue-lashing

shooting full of holes

passing strictures upon

having someone on the carpet

spitting in the eye of

spitting on

turning back on

turning down

spitting in the face of

turning your nose up at

hurting somebody's feelings

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

regarding with disgust

regarding with contempt

running smear campaign

having a strong aversion to

treating contemptuously

taking the piss out of

putting up a fight against

opposing strongly

expostulating about

remonstrating about

disagreeing violently with

kicking up

making a fuss about

kicking against

complaining vociferously about

taking great exception to

taking issue with

raging against

speaking out against

kicking up a fuss about

complaining bitterly about

kicking up a stink about

complaining about

making a protest against

taking a stand against

expressing disapproval of

making a stand against

raising objections to

protesting strongly at

tarring and feathering

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

setting little store by

holding up to ridicule

rating too low

doing an injustice to

lowering the status of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

dehumanizing^US

putting in a bad light

turning up one's nose

arguing against

thinking too little of

labelling^UK

labeling^US

commenting negatively

reviewing unfavorably

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

losing face

giving a bad name to

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

telling someone to get lost

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

giving the cold shoulder to

sweeping aside

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

aping

refusing to acknowledge

doing an impression of

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

lodging a protest against

taking exception

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“The very same people who used to revile him for being enslaved to opinion polls now lambast him for not listening to the public.”

Verb

Present participle for to insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way

Verb

Present participle for to speak of, or address, with impious irreverence

Verb

Present participle for to (verbally) attack repeatedly

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