1) Abase 2) Censure 3) Vilify 4) Vituperate 1) Abuse 2) Abuse verbally 3) Bad-mouth 4) Bitterly reproach 5) Blackguard 6) Call bad names 7) Call reel 6 awful 8) Clapperclaw 9) Contemn 10) Criticise 11) Curse at 12) Denounce abusively 13) Engineers take wicked attack 14) French word used in English 15) Have flashbacks to 16) Heap abuse upon 17) Rail 
• (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. • (n.) Reproach; reviling.
Re·vile' noun Reproach; reviling. [ Obsolete] « The gracious Judge, without revile , replied.» Milton. Re·vile' transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Reviled ; present participle & verbal noun Reviling .] [ Prefix re- + Old French aviler to make vile, depreciate, French avilir ; Ã (L. ad .) + ...
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