reviled

verb

past tense of revile
as in hated
formal to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.

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Recent Examples of reviled Anadol’s work was largely reviled by art critics, less for ethical reasons than aesthetic ones. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The Houthi rebels have long been backed by Iran and reviled by Saudi Arabia. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 For a stock that just debuted a few weeks ago, it's fairly reviled. — Kevin Stankiewicz,alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026 Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reviled by some and revered by others, is set to be laid to rest after a sprawling multiday funeral ceremony planned as both a religious and a political spectacle. — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026 Shakespeare’s haughty Roman war hero, revered on the battlefield yet reviled by hungry plebeians, becomes the flash point in a young democracy tearing itself apart over power and sacrifice. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 They were both reviled and imitated, but always watched as a pop cultural spectacle. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 And he was so reviled by the Hollywood establishment that none other than Frank Sinatra hand-delivered a letter calling for his ouster. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 June 2026 Hitler and Stalin are reviled globally and especially in their own nations. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reviled
  1. hated
  2. criticized
  3. blamed
  4. attacked
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  • This is the political bedrock of that, and people are just tired of the massive Hindu-Muslim-who-is-to-be-hated sentiment.
    — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The guy who hated selling himself turned out to be very good at helping sell everyone else.
    — JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of hated
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  • The move came days after Stephens publicly criticized EMCC and Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference leadership over changes to the league’s football schedule and playoff format.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also defended the decision to increase bond purchases earlier last month, after investor Stanley Druckenmiller criticized the move.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Water security India moved to put the treaty in abeyance in April last year following a militant attack in Kashmir, for which Delhi blamed Pakistan but Islamabad denied involvement.
    — Sam Meredith,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Officials blamed that attack on the National Liberation Army, Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of blamed
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  • For example, ExploitGym, a cybersecurity benchmark that was at the center of the July incident in which OpenAI’s models went rogue and attacked the company Hugging Face, was created in 2026.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In the wake of Thursday’s ruling, a chorus of Missouri Republicans have attacked the court over its decision.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of attacked

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“Reviled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reviled. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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