Word Meanings - REVILING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Reproach; abuse; vilification. Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Isa. li. 7.

Related words: (words related to REVILING)

• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• NEITHER
  Not either; not the one or the other. Which of them shall I take Both one or neither Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak. (more info) nahwæ; na never, not + hwæ whether. The word
• VILIFICATION
  The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. South.
• REPROACHFUL
  1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn.
• REPROACHLESS
  Being without reproach.
• ABUSE
  1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority. This principle shoots rapidly
• ABUSER
  One who abuses .
• REPROACH
  LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your
• AFRAID
  Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. "Back they recoiled, afraid." Milton. Note: This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear, or by the infinitive,
• ABUSEFUL
  Full of abuse; abusive. "Abuseful names." Bp. Barlow.
• THEIR
  The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
• REPROACHABLR
  1. Deserving reproach; censurable. 2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. Sir T. Elyot. -- Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*proach"a*bly, adv.
• IRREPROACHABLY
  In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
• IRREPROACHABLENESS
  The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
• SELF-ABUSE
  1. The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties. 2. Self-deception; delusion. Shak. 3. Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
• SELF-REPROACHING
  Reproaching one's self. -- Self`-re*proach"ing*ly, adv.
• SELF-REPROACH
  The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
• UNREPROACHABLE
  Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.
• SELF-REPROACHED
  Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
• IRREPROACHABLE
  Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless. He erred, -- and who is free from error -- but his intentions were irreproachable. Beattie.