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downmouth

downmouth verb: to speak negatively or critically.

Verb

downmouth (third-person singular simple present downmouths, present participle downmouthing, simple past and past participle downmouthed)

  1. To speak negatively or critically.
    • Such downmouthing of the profession is almost incredible.1958, Recruiting New Talent for News Staffs, page 6
    • Carriers complained of harassment in the form of route additions, street supervision, mail counts, and "downmouthing" by supervisors.1984, Vern Kenneth Baxter, Organizational change, technology and labor in the post office

Forms of downmouth

third-person singular presentdownmouths
present participledownmouthing
past participledownmouthed
pastdownmouthed

Origin of downmouth

From down- + mouth.

Questions about downmouth

What does downmouth mean?
Downmouth means to speak negatively or critically.
What part of speech is downmouth?
Downmouth is a verb.
What is the past tense of downmouth?
The past tense of downmouth is downmouthed.

Words near downmouth in the dictionary

  1. downmodulating
  2. downmodulation
  3. downmodulations
  4. downmodulatory
  5. downmost
  6. downmouth
  7. downmouthed
  8. downmouthing
  9. downmouths
  10. downness
  11. downpatch

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