speak ill of en · VERB
Meanings
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To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
Jimmy Carter was the first former president to speak ill of a sitting president while on foreign soil
2010 March, R Emmett Tyrrell Jr, “The Lost Liberals”, in American Spectator, volume 43, number 2, page 70:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| speaking ill of | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spoken ill of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spoke ill of | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| speaks ill of | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
jolly · stroke · puff · glaver · speak well of · lay it on thick · palaver · speak well of · brush up to · preen · tickle the ear · soothe · gloze · flatterize · collogue · flatter · make fair weather
Synonyms
cloud · demonize · monsterize · backbite · disrepute · speak ill of · drag through the mud · asperse · denigrate · slander · slag · scandal · forspeak · reproach · infamize · besmear · befoul · foul · villainize · denigrate · dirty · deprave · blot · defame · libel · muddy · disgrace · vilipend · chat shite · shit-talk · badmouth · vilify · disparage · tarnish · blaze · smirch · blur · discredit · stab · calumny · blame · diss · smear · bewray · trash-talk · unflatter · malign · traduce · detract · revile · torch · wrong · blemish · demonize · chat shit · besmirch · talk shite · sully · belibel · spatter · depreciate · talk shit · forgab · calumniate · talk trash · assassinate · blacken · spot · lampoon · stain · talk shit
Translations (6)
fi puhua pahaa (to vilify) · gl pór podre (to vilify) · fr médire de (to vilify) · fr dire du mal de (to vilify) · grc κακηγορέω (to vilify) · mi taiaroa (to vilify)