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wicked tongues

wicked tongues is the plural of wicked tongue.

Meaning of wicked tongue

Noun

wicked tongue (plural wicked tongues)

  1. (idiomatic) An abusive, vulgar, nasty, or otherwise objectionable manner of speaking.
    • My son, keep well thy tongue, and keep thy friend;
      A wicked tongue is worse than is a fiendc. 1870, Geoffrey Chaucer (original), David Laing Purves (modern translation), The Canterbury Tales, The Manciple's Tale

Questions about wicked tongues

What is wicked tongues the plural of?
Wicked tongues is the plural of wicked tongue.

Words near wicked tongues in the dictionary

  1. Wicked Bibles
  2. wicked pissah
  3. wicked problem
  4. wicked problems
  5. wicked tongue
  6. wicked tongues
  7. wickeder
  8. wickedest
  9. wickedish
  10. wickedly
  11. wickedness

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