Badmouthing
slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage:
why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
contemporary examples
viacom’s billionaire owner wants to know who’s badmouthing his girl-band pet project to the daily beast.
sumner’s witch hunt peter lauria july 19, 2010
verb
(transitive) (slang) to speak unfavourably about
v.
“abuse someone verbally,” 1941, probably ultimately from noun phrase bad mouth (1835), in black english, “a curse, spell,” translating an idiom found in african and west indian languages. related: bad-mouthed; bad-mouthing.
noun phrase
: if you can’t say anything good, at least don’t be a bad mouth
verb phrase
to disparage; denigrate: he bad-mouthed everybody (1930s+)
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