noun. The act of reviling; abuse; contemptuous or insulting language; a reproach.

noun. The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.

noun. The act of reviling.

noun. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

"It is but natural that in the face of scepticism which I cannot share I should feel greater faith, that in the face of revilement a sense of the glory of the thing belittled should settle upon me."

discourtesy  disrespect  

billingsgate  cut  invective  low blow  scurrility  

abuse  abuse  assailing  assault  attack