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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of revile.

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Examples

  • RxM: How about co-opting a term reviled by all physicians, and call yourself a "Therapeutic Substance Provider."

    Neologia 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • The reason why Bush has now become so reviled is not because he started a war of aggression or because he had prisoners tortured.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Embrace 2009

  • The very thought of hearing her name reviled by the jealous woman before him filled him with wrath.

    Adrien Leroy Charles Garvice

  • "It's just for sale from one pissed off celebrity who dosent want his name reviled," (or maybe revealed, though both could work) reads the ad, which also claims

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2008

  • "It's just for sale from one pissed off celebrity who dosent want his name reviled," (or maybe revealed, though both could work) reads the ad, which also claims

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2008

  • "It's just for sale from one pissed off celebrity who dosent want his name reviled," (or maybe revealed, though both could work) reads the ad, which also claims

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2008

  • "It's just for sale from one pissed off celebrity who dosent want his name reviled," (or maybe revealed, though both could work) reads the ad, which also claims

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2008

  • Bardwell has enough familiarity with the social mores to know that racists are reviled, which is why he told reporters that the label doesn't fit him.

    New Orleans Saints Central 2009

  • Last August, Republican consultant and former state senator Stan Barnes, speaking about the split within the party, said McCain is "reviled" by much of the Arizona GOP leadership.

    Dawn Teo: Minutemen Founder Challenges McCain For Senate 2009

  • The "reviled" frescoes of the Duomo, painted by Vasani in 1579 with close-up.

    Italy Day 12-13: The Beauty of Florence Ron Buckmire 2008

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