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spoken ill of

spoken ill of is the past participle of speak ill of.

Meaning of speak ill of

Verb

speak ill of (third-person singular simple present speaks ill of, present participle speaking ill of, simple past spoke ill of, past participle spoken ill of)

  1. To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
    • Jimmy Carter was the first former president to speak ill of a sitting president while on foreign soil2010 March, R Emmett Tyrrell Jr, “The Lost Liberals”, in American Spectator, volume 43, number 2, page 70

Questions about spoken ill of

What is spoken ill of the past participle of?
Spoken ill of is the past participle of speak ill of.

Words near spoken ill of in the dictionary

  1. spoken
  2. spoken as one found
  3. spoken down to
  4. spoken for
  5. spoken for oneself
  6. spoken ill of
  7. spoken in circles
  8. spoken in dollars
  9. spoken in terms
  10. spoken in tongues
  11. spoken like a book

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