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bad-mouth

bad-mouth is the alternative spelling of badmouth.

Meaning of badmouth

Verb

badmouth (third-person singular simple present badmouths, present participle badmouthing, simple past and past participle badmouthed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
    • […] those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway.1987 August 30, Benedict Nightingale, “Theater: England's Endless Love Affair with Farce”, in The New York Times, retrieved 22 Jul 2013

Forms of bad-mouth

third-person singular presentbad-mouths
present participlebad-mouthing
past participlebad-mouthed
pastbad-mouthed

Questions about bad-mouth

What is bad-mouth the alternative spelling of?
Bad-mouth is the alternative spelling of badmouth.

Words near bad-mouth in the dictionary

  1. bad-jackets
  2. bad-lad split
  3. bad-looking
  4. bad-mannered
  5. bad-minded
  6. bad-mouth
  7. bad-mouthed
  8. bad-mouthing
  9. bad-mouths
  10. bad-natured
  11. bad-talk

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