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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revile/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revile/#x1)
- The bully reviled the new girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revile/#x2)
- Do not revile people who are weaker than you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revile/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.643/)
- [Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.731/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «revile» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/revile/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.