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verb
Speak unfavorably about:— She badmouths her husband everywhere.
synonyms: drag through the mud, malign, traduce.
is a specific kind of: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully.
derivation: calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement | malignment, smear, vilification | backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier.
Dutch: lasteren, kwaadspreken
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