Read full poem →Each on earth alike of earth reviled,
Hated, feared, derided, and forgiving,
Dictionary Entry
To attack (someone) with abusive language.
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Poetry examples for “reviled”
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Read full poem →alive in me, for my comfort. No, Good God, for my misery! I cannot face
the shame, to be a mother, and not married, and the poor child to be reviled
for having no father. Merciful Mother, Holy Virgin, take away this sin I did.
Read full poem →But soon the name was everywhere,
To be reviled and then revered:
A presence to be loved and feared,
Read full poem →Of anguish to his eyes and ears,
And one that he had long reviled
As fit for devils, not for seers.