bad-mouthverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbæd.maʊθ/us/ˈbæd.maʊθ/informalto criticize someone or something in a very unpleasant manner:
Stop bad-mouthing him all the time.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bashing
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pick holes in sth idiom
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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