Thursday, February 11, 2010

revile - ree-VILE - scold, upbraid, vilify, lambaste, curse

Example: "AndrewChristie, referring to Obama in Newsweek as creating an 'inspiration gap,' added that 'if he acted like the people's champion he was elected to be, he still would be as reviled by the right as FDR was, but the people would be with him'."