revile

«revile» in Mova's school dictionary: To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (revile, reviles, reviled, reviling)

meaning for a pupil

To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a bad character or an enemy who shouts insults; «revile» is a stronger word than «tease»

examples

• The fox reviled the lion from behind the bars. tree →
• The bully reviled the new girl. tree →
• Do not revile people who are weaker than you. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
• Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «revile» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.