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Badmouthing
To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
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verb
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To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Badmouthing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| traduceverb | (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. |
| malignverb | (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. |
| drag through the mudverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable. |
| againstverb | — |
| maligningverb | (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. |
| insulting | Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. |
| denigratingverb | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
| disparaging | Insulting, ridiculing. |
| slanderingverb | The act of committing slander. |
| disparageverb | To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. |
| disparagesverb | To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. |
| defamingverb | defamation |
| denigratorynoun | Tending to denigrate. |
| derogatingverb | (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. |
| bad tempered | Synonym of ill humor. |
| insultsnoun | (uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. |
| bad mannersnoun | The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public. |
| disparagementnoun | The act of disparaging, of belittling. |
| name calling | Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group. |
| denigratesverb | (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. |
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