different between revile vs calumniate
revile
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)
- (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)
- (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
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calumniate
English
Etymology
From Latin calumni?tus, perfect active participle of calumnior (“I accuse falsely”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l?mni.e?t/
Verb
calumniate (third-person singular simple present calumniates, present participle calumniating, simple past and past participle calumniated)
- (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- a. 1555, John Hooper, A Brief Treatise respecting Judge Hales
- Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
- 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, chapter 1
- There are adherents of each of the four French parties—Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, and Republicans—in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe, decry, and calumniate each other.
- a. 1555, John Hooper, A Brief Treatise respecting Judge Hales
- (transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
Synonyms
- (to make hurtful untrue statements): slander
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Related terms
- calumniation
- calumniator
- calumniatory
- calumnious
- calumny
Translations
Latin
Participle
calumni?te
- vocative masculine singular of calumni?tus
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