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Badmouth

/ˈbæd.maʊθ/

To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

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📖 Definitions of "Badmouth"

verb

1
To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

🔄 Synonyms of "Badmouth"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
malignverb	Malevolent.
traduceverb	(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
drag through the mudverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Badmouth"

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Word	Definition
traduceverb	(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
malignverb	Malevolent.
drag through the mudverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
bad-mouthverb	Alternative spelling of badmouth. [(informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.]
mean-mouthverb	(transitive) To speak unkindly and critically about; to badmouth.
put the bad mouth onverb	(idiomatic) To speak ill of; to vilify.
bad upverb	(slang, transitive) To badmouth; criticise or malign
mispraiseverb	(transitive, rare) To praise falsely, injudiciously, or without good reason.
speak ill ofverb	To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
talk trashverb	(slang, idiomatic) To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
missayverb	(transitive, archaic) To speak ill of (someone).
backbitenoun	One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
blackmailnoun	The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.
throw dirtverb	(figuratively) To make derogatory or malicious allegations, particularly about people in public life.
slandernoun	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
miscallnoun	An incorrect call.
mispersonverb	(transitive, obsolete) To assail with abusive language.
cast aspersionsverb	(idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
misusenoun	An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
malignenoun	Obsolete spelling of malign. [(transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.]