bad-mouth
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bad·mouth
or bad-mouth (băd′mouth′, -mouth′)tr.v. bad·mouthed, bad·mouth·ing, bad·mouths or bad-mouthed or bad-mouth·ing or bad-mouths Informal
To criticize or disparage, often spitefully or unfairly: "those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway" (Benedict Nightingale).
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bad-mouth
vb
(tr) slang to speak unfavourably about
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bad-mouth
or bad′mouth`
(ˈbædˌmaʊθ or, sometimes, -ˌmaʊð)v.t. -mouthed, -mouth•ing.
to criticize, often disloyally.
[1935–40]
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bad-mouth
Past participle: bad-mouthed
Gerund: bad-mouthing
| Imperative |
|---|
| bad-mouth |
| bad-mouth |
| Present |
|---|
| I bad-mouth |
| you bad-mouth |
| he/she/it bad-mouths |
| we bad-mouth |
| you bad-mouth |
| they bad-mouth |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I bad-mouthed |
| you bad-mouthed |
| he/she/it bad-mouthed |
| we bad-mouthed |
| you bad-mouthed |
| they bad-mouthed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am bad-mouthing |
| you are bad-mouthing |
| he/she/it is bad-mouthing |
| we are bad-mouthing |
| you are bad-mouthing |
| they are bad-mouthing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have bad-mouthed |
| you have bad-mouthed |
| he/she/it has bad-mouthed |
| we have bad-mouthed |
| you have bad-mouthed |
| they have bad-mouthed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was bad-mouthing |
| you were bad-mouthing |
| he/she/it was bad-mouthing |
| we were bad-mouthing |
| you were bad-mouthing |
| they were bad-mouthing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had bad-mouthed |
| you had bad-mouthed |
| he/she/it had bad-mouthed |
| we had bad-mouthed |
| you had bad-mouthed |
| they had bad-mouthed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will bad-mouth |
| you will bad-mouth |
| he/she/it will bad-mouth |
| we will bad-mouth |
| you will bad-mouth |
| they will bad-mouth |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have bad-mouthed |
| you will have bad-mouthed |
| he/she/it will have bad-mouthed |
| we will have bad-mouthed |
| you will have bad-mouthed |
| they will have bad-mouthed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be bad-mouthing |
| you will be bad-mouthing |
| he/she/it will be bad-mouthing |
| we will be bad-mouthing |
| you will be bad-mouthing |
| they will be bad-mouthing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been bad-mouthing |
| you have been bad-mouthing |
| he/she/it has been bad-mouthing |
| we have been bad-mouthing |
| you have been bad-mouthing |
| they have been bad-mouthing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been bad-mouthing |
| you will have been bad-mouthing |
| he/she/it will have been bad-mouthing |
| we will have been bad-mouthing |
| you will have been bad-mouthing |
| they will have been bad-mouthing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been bad-mouthing |
| you had been bad-mouthing |
| he/she/it had been bad-mouthing |
| we had been bad-mouthing |
| you had been bad-mouthing |
| they had been bad-mouthing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would bad-mouth |
| you would bad-mouth |
| he/she/it would bad-mouth |
| we would bad-mouth |
| you would bad-mouth |
| they would bad-mouth |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have bad-mouthed |
| you would have bad-mouthed |
| he/she/it would have bad-mouthed |
| we would have bad-mouthed |
| you would have bad-mouthed |
| they would have bad-mouthed |
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Translations
bad-mouth
vt (inf) → herziehen über (+acc) (inf)
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