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badmouth

/ˈbæd.maʊθ/

badmouth verb: to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

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
    • He also believed that Mr. Altman was bad-mouthing the board to OpenAI executives, two people with knowledge of the situation said.2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

badmouth meaning in Bengali

badmouth in Bengali

to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully
গীবত গাওয়া gibot gaōẇa

Synonyms of badmouth

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Forms of badmouth

third-person singular presentbadmouths
present participlebadmouthing
past participlebadmouthed
pastbadmouthed
alternative formbad-mouth

Origin of badmouth

Calque of a Mande term, perhaps Vai [Term?] or Mandinka [Term?], which entered English via Gullah [Term?]. Compare Japanese 悪口(わるぐち) (waruguchi, “badmouthing”), which is a compound of 悪(わる) (waru, “bad, wicked”) and 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”).

Words formed from badmouth

Questions about badmouth

What does badmouth mean?
Badmouth means to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
What is badmouth in Bengali?
Badmouth in Bengali is গীবত গাওয়া (gibot gaōẇa). See Badmouth meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is badmouth?
Badmouth is a verb.
How do you pronounce badmouth?
Badmouth is pronounced /ˈbæd.maʊθ/.
What is the past tense of badmouth?
The past tense of badmouth is badmouthed.

Words near badmouth in the dictionary

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  2. badmintonist
  3. badmintonists
  4. badmintons
  5. badmitten
  6. badmouth
  7. badmouthed
  8. badmouther
  9. badmouthers
  10. badmouthing
  11. badmouths

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