bad-mouthed

The word “bad-mouthed” has 2 syllables: bad-mouthed

It's pronounced as /ˈbædˌmaʊðd/


What is synonym and antonym for bad-mouthed?

In the thesaurus, “bad-mouthed” has 44 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bad-mouthed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bad-mouthed

  • abused
  • aspersed
  • belittled
  • censured
  • condemned
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • decried
  • defamed
  • denigrated
  • denounced
  • deprecated
  • depreciated
  • derogated
  • diminished
  • discommended
  • discounted
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • disliked
  • dismissed
  • disparaged
  • dissed
  • dumped on
  • kissed off
  • maligned
  • minimized
  • played down
  • poor-mouthed
  • put down
  • ran down
  • reprehended
  • reprobated
  • ripped
  • scolded
  • slandered
  • slurred
  • talked down
  • traduced
  • trash-talked
  • trashed
  • vilified
  • vilipended
  • wrote off

Antonyms for bad-mouthed

Meanings of bad-mouthed

  • verb
    1. To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

Example Sentences

  • She was upset when she heard that her coworker had bad-mouthed her to the boss.
  • Despite being bad-mouthed by her competitors, she remained focused on her goals.
  • It's unprofessional to engage in bad-mouthed behavior towards clients or colleagues.
  • He regretted having bad-mouthed his former mentor in front of his peers.
  • The celebrity's reputation suffered after several tabloids bad-mouthed him relentlessly.

On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bad-mouthed, such as: abused, acclaimed, applauded, approved, aspersed, belittled, censured.

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Related Words

abased

  • abandoned
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad-mouthed
  • baneful
  • baseborn
  • bastard
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • blemished
  • boorish
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastened
  • cheapened
  • clinging
  • common
  • condemned
  • confounded
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • counting on
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • damaged
  • damned
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decried
  • defaced
  • defamed
  • defenseless
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • deleterious
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • denounced
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • detracted
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
  • discountenanced
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonored
  • disparaged
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flagitious
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humble
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • illegitimate
  • immature
  • impaired
  • indigent
  • infamous
  • inferior
  • insulted
  • junior
  • knavish
  • lessened
  • lesser
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • loose
  • low
  • lower-class
  • lowered
  • lowly
  • maligned
  • marred
  • mean
  • mercenary
  • minimized
  • minor
  • miscreant
  • monstrous
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonaristocratic
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • ordinary
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • poor
  • profaned
  • profligate
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rattled
  • reliant
  • relying on
  • reprehended
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • rotten
  • ruined
  • sank
  • secondary
  • shamed
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subordinate
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • tied to apron strings
  • took down
  • under
  • under thumb
  • ungenteel
  • unsustaining
  • venal
  • villainous
  • vitiated
  • vulnerable
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

keelhauled

  • abused
  • admonished
  • assailed
  • attacked
  • bad-mouthed
  • basted
  • bawled out
  • belittled
  • berated
  • blamed
  • blasted
  • called down
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastised
  • chewed out
  • chid
  • chided
  • condemned
  • criticized
  • crucified
  • denounced
  • disparaged
  • dissed
  • dressed down
  • excoriated
  • faulted
  • flayed
  • hammered
  • harangued
  • jawed
  • knocked
  • laid into
  • lambasted
  • lashed
  • lectured
  • mocked
  • panned
  • put down
  • ragged
  • rated
  • rebuked
  • reprehended
  • reprimanded
  • reproached
  • reproved
  • reviled
  • ridiculed
  • scoffed
  • scolded
  • scored
  • scorned
  • scourged
  • slammed
  • tongue-lashed
  • took to task
  • upbraided
  • vituperated

made fun of

jawed

jeered


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