as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew
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Recent Examples of bad-mouth
John Legend isn't about to let anyone bad-mouth the people in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
He was eventually allowed in — but only after other SEALs threatened to leave and bad-mouth the bar.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Sabatini, a former state rep, has kissed up slavishly to Donald Trump, often by repeatedly bad-mouthing fellow Republicans — including Ron DeSantis — in an effort to curry favor with the former president.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
Falsified emails get dispersed to bad-mouth programs.
—Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
BlenderBot 3 is still available online, despite it bad-mouthing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and saying all kinds of offensive things.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 5 Mar. 2023
Such agreements, including broad nondisparagement and confidentiality requirements, are widely used in layoffs or workplace legal disputes as a way for employers to ensure that employees won’t bad-mouth the company after the ink dries.
—Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
He was eventually allowed in — but only after other SEALs threatened to leave and bad-mouth the bar.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Sabatini, a former state rep, has kissed up slavishly to Donald Trump, often by repeatedly bad-mouthing fellow Republicans — including Ron DeSantis — in an effort to curry favor with the former president.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
Falsified emails get dispersed to bad-mouth programs.
—Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
BlenderBot 3 is still available online, despite it bad-mouthing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and saying all kinds of offensive things.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 5 Mar. 2023
Such agreements, including broad nondisparagement and confidentiality requirements, are widely used in layoffs or workplace legal disputes as a way for employers to ensure that employees won’t bad-mouth the company after the ink dries.
—Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad-mouth
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Some critics of President Biden may dismiss his recent apology of the federal Indian boarding schools as a strategy to win votes in what was a tight presidential election race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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But other Republicans push back on the criticism of Selzer, saying the campaign should not outright dismiss the poll’s findings.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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In contrast, the single-bore method minimizes street-level disruption.Dan Phan, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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This method, which is based on the idea of moving to where the hottest deer sign and action can be found, is used by many hunters who decide to minimize their hunting gear footprint and overall carry weight.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Thao, the first Hmong American mayor to lead a major American city, was criticized shortly after taking office for letting go of a police chief and taking months to replace him.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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But the group has largely been shy about criticizing Trump openly.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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As new ways become familiar, employees recognize their advantages, and resistance gradually diminishes.Peter Follows, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But now, arrivals have diminished significantly, and officials closed the city’s last migrant shelter last month.Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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The 2022 audio leak upended City Hall, with community leaders voicing outrage over the racist and disparaging remarks on the hourlong recording.David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the interview, Jones mentioned knowing Ivanka's father and didn't hold back his opinions about him, expressing a strong distaste for Trump and referring to him in disparaging terms.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Olsen stresses that understanding how the fossils were preserved doesn’t denigrate them.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Opium is revered by Carti truthers who treat his 2020 album Whole Lotta Red as the Bible, and denigrated by non-believers as a bunch of edgelords who come off as wannabe Satan-worshipers.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
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That's not to belittle the effort the developers have put into VR support.Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
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In 2016, one of her former classmates, Lauren Bohn, shared her memories of the Facebook group, recalling how the members would belittle Gaga’s ambitions and even trample on flyers for her shows.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Bad-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad-mouth. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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