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reviled

/ri-vahyld/US // rɪˈvaɪld //

谩骂,诋毁,谩骂声,谩骂的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : addressed or spoken of with contemptuous or abusive language:They have repeatedly bombed civilian targets and conducted mass kidnappings—tactics that have made them one of the most reviled terrorist groups in the world.

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Examples

  • In the days of yore, stars both reviled and relied on the studio system to protect them from themselves.

  • Battle remains an elusive figure both respected and reviled in the beer industry.

  • Three-time champ Tony Stewart is reviled—and beloved—for his take-no-prisoners, borderline-unhinged attitude.

  • He said those deceivers would cause Christians who remain true to His teachings to become reviled.

  • It was once described as “the most reviled public statue ever erected” in the U.S.

  • Let us suppose that any one denying the theory of Laplace or the theory of Copernicus would be reviled as an "Infidel."

  • Some reviled the Bishop for being a Socinian, which he was not, and some for being a Scotchman, which he was.

  • I drew my sword, and threatened him but he was insensible to his danger; he reviled me, he spat at me with a child's virulence.

  • He fell conspicuously, illustriously, between the reviewers who reviled him, and the public who would have none of him.

  • She felt no anger that he reviled her; she could only sympathize with him in his great despair—despair that matched her own.