Ivan continued to badmouth Rima.
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Badmouth
//ˈbæd.maʊθ//
Synonyms for "badmouth" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
Verb(66 words)
get atget downget upgive somebody a piece of one's mindgive somebody what-forinfamizeinveighkeelhaullace intolambastelampoonlay intolecturelibellight intomonsterizemuddyobjurgatepooh-poohput someone on blast
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rateread somebody the riot actrebukereprehendreprimandreproachreproverevilerip intorubbishsavagescandalscoldshit talkshit-talkskewerslagslamslanderslatesmearsmirchspatterspeak ill ofspotstabstainsullytalk shittalk shitetalk trashtarnishtear intotell offthreaptick offtorchtoshtrash-talkunflatterupbraidvilifyvilipendvillainizevituperatewrong
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Translations
21 translations across 13 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- গীবত গাওয়া verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Catalan
1 entries- malparlar verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Dutch
1 entries- kwaadspreken verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Finnish
2 entries- panetella verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- puhua pahaa verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
French
3 entries- débiner verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- dénigrer verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- déprécier verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
German
2 entries- schlechtmachen verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- schlechtreden verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Italian
2 entries- parlare male verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- sparlare verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Japanese
1 entries- 悪口 verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Portuguese
1 entries- falar mal verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Romanian
1 entries- ponegri verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Russian
4 entries- матери́ть verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- обли́вать гря́зью verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- поро́чить verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
- черни́ть verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Swahili
1 entries- sengenya verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Swedish
1 entries- tala illa om verb (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[…] those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway.
Source: wiktionary
He also believed that Mr. Altman was bad-mouthing the board to OpenAI executives, two people with knowledge of the situation said.
Source: wiktionary
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