bad-mouthed

verb

past tense of bad-mouth
as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad-mouthed
  1. dismissed
  2. minimized
  3. criticized
  4. diminished
  5. disparaged
  6. denigrated
Verb
  • Critics dismissed the elections, which were held in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Comey’s lawyers are pressing to have the case dismissed, accusing the department of misleading judges, submitting documents containing false statements and withholding key facts.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Without getting into specifics, Robins minimized the potential impact of the CFTC’s rules on DraftKings’ market making business in an interview with Sportico on Friday morning.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The possibility of insider trading, Kalshi argues, will be minimized by company safeguards verifying employment and tools to surveil for unusual market activity.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of minimized
Verb
  • Chief Critic Democratic Party consultant and former President Barack Obama’s ex-campaign adviser David Axelrod criticized the White House’s decision to use the old plane as a decoy with journalists on board.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The Saturday Night actress also opened up about how she’s been criticized over the years for her relationships.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • The influence and interest of the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, there is the rise of China, which has shifted Washington’s strategic focus away from Europe and diminished NATO’s centrality to American concerns.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • In recent months, the president has frequently disparaged Obama’s South Side Chicago presidential library, posting on Truth Social on June 13 an edited picture of its campus turned into a tent camp and the main building depicted as a trash can.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of disparaged
Verb
  • The Best Ways to Enjoy Potatoes Despite their benefits, these starchy vegetables have been denigrated in some nutrition circles because of associations with high-fat diets.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026
  • In 2018, the court unequivocally repudiated its wartime decision that denigrated Japanese Americans.
    — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Definition of denigrated
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“Bad-mouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad-mouthed. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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