English verb: badmouth | |||
1. | badmouth (communication) speak unfavorably about | ||
Samples | She badmouths her husband everywhere. | ||
Synonyms | drag through the mud, malign, traduce | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully | ||