speak ill of



speak ill of someone

to say something bad about someone. I refuse to speak ill of any of my friends. Max speaks ill of no one and refuses to repeat gossip.
See also: ill, of, speak

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alishaə-LISH-ə, ə-LEE-shəEnglish
Cirinochee-REE-no (Italian), thee-REE-no (Spanish), see-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish
GlebGLYEP (Russian), HLEB (Ukrainian)Russian, Ukrainian
Chaim-Hebrew
Shiv-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
XanderKSAHN-dər (Dutch), ZAN-dər (English)Dutch, English (Modern)