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badmouthing

badmouthing is the present participle and gerund 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 badmouthing

What is badmouthing the present participle and gerund of?
Badmouthing is the present participle and gerund of badmouth.

Words near badmouthing in the dictionary

  1. badmitten
  2. badmouth
  3. badmouthed
  4. badmouther
  5. badmouthers
  6. badmouthing
  7. badmouths
  8. badnaviral
  9. badnavirus
  10. badnaviruses
  11. badness

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