bad mouth
[verb]
Synonyms: decry, belittle, derogate, discount, disparage, downcry, minimize, opprobriate, run down, write off

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ˈbad-mouth verb [transitive] especially American English informal
to criticize someone or something:
Her former colleagues accused her of bad-mouthing them in public.

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bad-mouth
bad-mouth (someone/something)
to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people's opinions of them.
She's always bad-mouthing her colleagues.

Bad-mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation.

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bad-mouth something
bad-mouth (someone/something)
to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people's opinions of them.
She's always bad-mouthing her colleagues.

Bad-mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation.

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bad-mouth
• bad-mouth (someone or something)
to say bad things about someone or something
The football player began to bad-mouth his coach.

The supervisor has the habit of bad-mouthing her boss.

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bad-mouth something
• bad-mouth (someone or something)
to say bad things about someone or something
The football player began to bad-mouth his coach.

The supervisor has the habit of bad-mouthing her boss.

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bad mouth (someone)
{v.}, {slang} To say uncomplimentary or libelous things about someone; deliberately to damage another's reputation.
It's not nice to had mouth people.

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bad-mouth someone
bad-mouth (someone/something)
to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people's opinions of them.
She's always bad-mouthing her colleagues.

Bad-mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation.

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bad-mouth someone
• bad-mouth (someone or something)
to say bad things about someone or something
The football player began to bad-mouth his coach.

The supervisor has the habit of bad-mouthing her boss.

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bad mouth someone
v., slang To say uncomplimentary or libelous things about someone; deliberately to damage another's reputation.
It's not nice to bad mouth people.

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