Synonyms of reviled

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.

Related Words

• hated
• criticized
• blamed
• attacked
• condemned
• denounced
• loathed
• detested
• abhorred
• scolded
• disparaged
• execrated
• abominated
• decried
• admonished
• faulted
• censured
• belittled
• panned
• damned
• anathematized
• convicted
• knocked
• reprobated
• slammed
• ostracized
• doomed
• deprecated
• sentenced
• blasted
• excommunicated
• reprehended
• reprimanded
• blacklisted
• dispraised
• chastised
• dissed
• rebuked
• cursed
• berated
• castigated
• upbraided
• reproached
• raked
• vituperated
• lambasted
• reproved
• chid
• imprecated

Dissimilar Words

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• praised
• exalted
• lauded
• applauded
• extolled
• hailed
• glorified
• acclaimed
• commended
• saluted
• revered
• touted
• honored
• sanctified
• consecrated
• eulogized
• venerated
• blessed
• hallowed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reviled

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

The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 May 2026

This is a story of such epic scale, yet of such personal and internal conflict, of a man who saved millions of lives, becoming both worshiped as a God and reviled as the devil. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2026

Getty has hundreds of millions of images and videos across its collections and partner platforms, including those of PhotoDisc, a company once reviled for its clip art but which helped create the low-cost, online sales model, and the respected Tony Stone Images collection. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026