abuse; verbal abuse; reviling
A strong, formal term for heaping abuse or insults on someone, often face-to-face. Used in literary or emphatic contexts.
He was subjected to a torrent of abuse.
The politician was reviled during his speech.
Compound of 面罵 (face-to-face abuse) and 罵倒 (abuse, insult), likely formed for emphatic effect. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.