badmouth

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  • IPA: /ˈbæd.maʊθ/

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Infinitive
to badmouth

Third person singular
badmouths

Simple past
badmouthed

Past participle
badmouthed

Present participle
badmouthing

to badmouth (third-person singular simple present badmouths, present participle badmouthing, simple past and past participle badmouthed)

  1. (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
    • Benedict Nightingale - those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway

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