| 单词 | bad-mouth |
| 释义 | bad-mouthor bad·mouth[ bad-mouth or, sometimes, -mouth ] / ˈbædˌmaʊθ or, sometimes, -ˌmaʊð / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bad-mouth ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), bad-mouthed, bad-mouth·ing.Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much? Origin of bad-mouth1935–40; 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 OTHER WORDS FROM bad-mouthbad-mouther, nounWords nearby bad-mouthbadly, badly off, badman, badmash, badminton, bad-mouth, bad name, bad news, Bad news travels fast, bad off, Badoglio Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bad-mouthbad-mouth verb(tr) slang to speak unfavourably about Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bad-mouthbad mouth Disparage or criticize unduly, malign, as in Why do you constantly bad mouth your colleagues? This term is believed to be of African origin, where the phrase bad mouth signifies a curse or evil spell. [1930s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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