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badmouthed

badmouthed is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about badmouthed

What is badmouthed the simple past and past participle of?
Badmouthed is the simple past and past participle of badmouth.

Words near badmouthed in the dictionary

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

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