reviling

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But on she will, and secrets tell Of John and Joan, and Ned and Nell, Reviling every one she knows, As fancy leads, beneath the rose.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

Other language of the Passions I find none: for Cursing, Swearing, Reviling, and the like, do not signifie as Speech; but as the actions of a tongue accustomed.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

Reviling implies some injury inflicted on one's neighbor, since it is a kind of injustice.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Treat no one with disdain; with patience bear Reviling language; with an angry man Be never angry; blessings give for curses.*

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

Reviling himself with a bitterness that was explicit but impotent, he started off resolutely to seek the aid of the police--the last extremity.

From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr