Synonyms for bad-mouth
Definitions
- v. 1
To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
Related words
- Other spellings
- badmouth
Forms
- Past participle
- bad-mouthed
e.g. bad-mouthed → bitched, smeared, maligned, belittled…
Example sentences
- bitch Ziri is the luckiest son of a bitch I've ever seen.
- smear Will I be tested for chlamydia during my smear test?
- detract I hope that her success doesn't detract from theirs.
- belittle Why do you have to belittle people all the time?
- censure I proposed a vote of censure on the government.
By length
- 4 letters
- diss1
- 5 letters
- bitch1, smear1, libel2
- 6 letters
- malign2, defame2, vilify3, befoul
- 7 letters
- slander2, detract2, censure2, reprove, deprave2, traduce, asperse
- 8 letters
- belittle3, forspeak
- 9 letters
- denigrate3, disparage3
- 10 letters
- depreciate4, calumniate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (libel2 = 2 syllables).