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- Dictionarybad-mouth/ˈbadmaʊθ/
verb
- 1. criticize (someone) behind their back: informal "no one wants to hire an individual who bad-mouths a prior employer"
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to make criticisms about someone or something: Why are you always bad-mouthing the medical profession? (Definition of bad-mouth from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of bad-mouth? Translations of bad-mouth. in Chinese (Traditional) 苛刻地批評… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 苛刻地批评…
Bad-mouth definition: to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage. See examples of BAD-MOUTH used in a sentence.
The meaning of BAD-MOUTH is to criticize severely. How to use bad-mouth in a sentence.
verb. If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself. Both men continually bad-mouthed each other. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definition of bad-mouth verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you badmouth someone, you say unkind or critical things about them. A good friend won't ever badmouth you behind your back. When you find fault with a friend, you can either be diplomatic or badmouth her, taking out your frustration by putting her down.
bad-mouth meaning, definition, what is bad-mouth: to criticize someone or something: Learn more.
If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
bad-mouth (bad′mouth′ or, sometimes,-mouᵺ′), USA pronunciation v.t., -mouthed, -mouth•ing. [Slang.] to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much? Also, bad′mouth′.
Synonyms for BAD-MOUTH: dismiss, minimize, criticize, diminish, disparage, denigrate, belittle, derogate; Antonyms of BAD-MOUTH: applaud, praise, exalt, recommend, glorify, extol, endorse, laud.
