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Synonyms & Antonyms of bad-mouthing
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in vilification, disparagement
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bad-mouthing
verb
present participle of bad-mouth
Synonyms & Antonyms of bad-mouthing (Entry 2 of 2)
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
- she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew
Synonyms for bad-mouthing
- belittling,
- crying down,
- decrying,
- denigrating,
- deprecating,
- depreciating,
- derogating,
- diminishing,
- discounting,
- dismissing,
- disparaging,
- dissing
- [slang],
- kissing off,
- minimizing,
- playing down,
- poor-mouthing,
- putting down,
- running down,
- talking down,
- trashing,
- trash-talking,
- vilipending,
- writing off
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“Bad-mouthing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad-mouthing. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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