badmouth

English

Etymology

Calque from Mandinka.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæd.maʊθ/

Alternative forms

• bad-mouth

Verb

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

Translations

to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully

• Dutch: kwaadspreken (nl)
• Finnish: panetella, puhua pahaa
• German: schlechtreden (de), schlechtmachen (de)

• Russian: чернить (ru) (černítʹ), порочить (ru) (poróčitʹ), материть (ru) (materítʹ) (to swear dirtily at), обливать грязью (oblivátʹ grjázʹju)
• Swedish: tala illa om (sv)