bad-mouthing

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Verb bad-mouth has 1 sense

badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouthes her husband everywhere"
--₁ is one way to defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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bad-mouthing

Part of speech: Noun

Definition: The act of speaking critically or negatively about someone.

Example sentence: Jenny's reputation was tarnished by the constant bad-mouthing from her jealous colleagues.

Part of speech: Verb

Definition: To speak critically or negatively about someone or something.

Example sentence: It's not right to bad-mouth others behind their backs.