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
Fierafee-E-rahEsperanto
KoenKOONDutch
RobertRAH-bərt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RO-bərt (Dutch), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian), RO-beert (Russian)English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene,
Huff[hʌf]
Genovevahe-no-VE-vah (Spanish), zhə-noo-VE-və (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese
EditE-dit (Swedish)Hungarian, Swedish