badmouthing

bad-mouth

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bad-mouth or, sometimes, -mouth]
- /ˈbædˌmaʊθ or, sometimes, -ˌmaʊð/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bad-mouth or, sometimes, -mouth]
- /ˈbædˌmaʊθ or, sometimes, -ˌmaʊð/

Definitions of badmouthing word

verb with object badmouthing Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much? 1
noun badmouthing Present participle of badmouth. 1

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Origin of badmouthing

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

1935-40; originally a curse, spell (the sense recorded in Gullah); compare Vai (Mande language of Liberia and Sierra Leone) dà nyà mà curse, literally, bad mouth

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Parts of speech for Badmouthing

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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badmouthing popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for badmouthing

noun badmouthing

backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.

Just one Synonym for badmouthing