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badmouths

badmouths is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 badmouths

What is badmouths the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Badmouths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of badmouth.

Words near badmouths in the dictionary

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

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