different between stigmatise vs revile

English

Verb

stigmatise (third-person singular simple present stigmatises, present participle stigmatising, simple past and past participle stigmatised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?.ma.tiz/
• Homophones: stigmatisent, stigmatises

Verb

stigmatise

1. first-person singular present indicative of stigmatiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of stigmatiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of stigmatiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of stigmatiser
5. second-person singular imperative of stigmatiser

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