different between injure vs revile

English

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• praise
• help
• preserve
• benefit

Related terms

• injurious
• injury

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, ini?ria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?y?/

Noun

injure f (plural injures)

1. offense, insult

Related terms

• injurier

References

“injure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

inj?re

1. vocative masculine singular of inj?rus

English

Etymology

From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.

   • who, when he was reviled, reviled not again

Synonyms

• calumniate
• reproach
• scold
• vilify
• vituperate

Translations

Noun

revile (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) reproach; reviling

Translations

Further reading

• revile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• revile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• eviler, levier, liever, relive, veiler