| 单词 | to speak evil of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak evil (Old English be) of b. to speak evil (Old English be) of: to speak maliciously, slanderously, abusively of; in later use perhaps regarded as a n., but in Old English and Middle English an adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] to say or speak shame of, on, byc950 teleeOE sayOE to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000 belie?c1225 betell?c1225 missayc1225 skandera1300 disclanderc1300 wrenchc1300 bewrayc1330 bite1330 gothele1340 slanderc1340 deprave1362 hinderc1375 backbite1382 blasphemec1386 afamec1390 fame1393 to blow up?a1400 defamea1400 noise1425 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 malignc1450 to speak villainy of1470 infame1483 injury1484 painta1522 malicea1526 denigrate1526 disfamea1533 misreporta1535 sugill?1539 dishonest?c1550 calumniate1554 scandalize1566 ill1577 blaze1579 traduce1581 misspeak1582 blot1583 abuse1592 wronga1596 infamonize1598 vilify1598 injure?a1600 forspeak1601 libel1602 infamize1605 belibel1606 calumnize1606 besquirt1611 colly1615 scandala1616 bedirt1622 soil1641 disfigurea1643 sycophant1642 spatter1645 sugillate1647 bespattera1652 bedung1655 asperse1656 mischieve1656 opprobriatea1657 reflect1661 dehonestate1663 carbonify1792 defamate1810 mouth1810 foul-mouth1822 lynch1836 rot1890 calumny1895 ding1903 bad-talk1938 norate1938 bad-mouth1941 monster1967 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 39 Nis nan þe on minum naman mægen wyrce & mæge raðe be me yfele sprecan. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxvi. 23 My greate name..which amonge the Gentiles is euel spoken of. 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives 740 [Alexander's friends] beganne..to speake euill of him. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark ix. 39 There is no man, which shall doe a miracle in my Name, that can lightly speake euill of me. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 187 Here Aretine lies..Who whilst he lived spoke evill of all. a1768 T. Secker Serm. (1775) III. lxxxix. 229 Whoever is..long evil spoken of, hath been faulty. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 91 That I should be his enemy, and speak evil of him. < as lemmas |
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