bad mouth

Disparage or criticize unduly, malign, as in Why do you constantly bad mouth your colleagues? This term is believed to be of African origin, where the phrase bad mouth signifies a curse or evil spell. [1930s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Txomin	-	Basque
Nora	['nɔ:rə]
SinÉAd	shi-NAYD	Irish
Ram (2)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
Iekika	-	Hawaiian
Zaira	dzah-EE-rah	Italian