Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to badmouth
Participle: badmouthed
Gerund: badmouthing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | badmouth |
| you | badmouth |
| he;she;it | badmouths |
| we | badmouth |
| you | badmouth |
| they | badmouth |
Perfect
| I | have badmouthed |
| you | have badmouthed |
| he;she;it | has badmouthed |
| we | have badmouthed |
| you | have badmouthed |
| they | have badmouthed |
Past
| I | badmouthed |
| you | badmouthed |
| he;she;it | badmouthed |
| we | badmouthed |
| you | badmouthed |
| they | badmouthed |
Pluperfect
| I | had badmouthed |
| you | had badmouthed |
| he;she;it | had badmouthed |
| we | had badmouthed |
| you | had badmouthed |
| they | had badmouthed |
Future
| I | will badmouth |
| you | will badmouth |
| he;she;it | will badmouth |
| we | will badmouth |
| you | will badmouth |
| they | will badmouth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have badmouthed |
| you | will have badmouthed |
| he;she;it | will have badmouthed |
| we | will have badmouthed |
| you | will have badmouthed |
| they | will have badmouthed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | badmouth |
| you | badmouth |
| he;she;it | badmouth |
| we | badmouth |
| you | badmouth |
| they | badmouth |
Perfect
| I | have badmouthed |
| you | have badmouthed |
| he;she;it | have badmouthed |
| we | have badmouthed |
| you | have badmouthed |
| they | have badmouthed |
Imperfect
| I | badmouthed |
| you | badmouthed |
| he;she;it | badmouthed |
| we | badmouthed |
| you | badmouthed |
| they | badmouthed |
Pluperfect
| I | had badmouthed |
| you | had badmouthed |
| he;she;it | had badmouthed |
| we | had badmouthed |
| you | had badmouthed |
| they | had badmouthed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would badmouth |
| you | would badmouth |
| he;she;it | would badmouth |
| we | would badmouth |
| you | would badmouth |
| they | would badmouth |
Perfect
| I | would have badmouthed |
| you | would have badmouthed |
| he;she;it | would have badmouthed |
| we | would have badmouthed |
| you | would have badmouthed |
| they | would have badmouthed |
Imperative
| you | badmouth |
| we | Let's badmouth |
| you | badmouth |
Verbs conjugated like 'badmouth'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'badmouth'
bad-mouth,
bemouth,
besmooth,
mouth,
adhort,
adjourn,
adjute,
admit,
admonish,
admove,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Calque of a Mande term, perhaps Vai [Term?] or Mandinka [Term?], which entered English via Gullah [Term?]. Compare Japanese 悪口(わるぐち) (waruguchi, “badmouthing”), which is a compound of 悪(わる) (waru, “bad, wicked”) and 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”).
Sample Sentences
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[…] those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway. [1987 August 30, Benedict Nightingale, “Theater: England's Endless Love Affair with Farce”, in The New York Times, retrieved 22 Jul 2013:]
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He also believed that Mr. Altman was bad-mouthing the board to OpenAI executives, two people with knowledge of the situation said. [2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]