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PRONUNCIATION OF BAD-MOUTH

bad-mouth play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAD-MOUTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bad-Mouth is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bad-mouth in English.

WHAT DOES BAD-MOUTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bad-mouth in the English dictionary

The definition of bad-mouth in the dictionary is to speak unfavourably about.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BAD-MOUTH

PRESENT

Present
I bad-mouth
you bad-mouth
he/she/it bad-mouths
we bad-mouth
you bad-mouth
they bad-mouth
Present continuous
I am bad-mouthing
you are bad-mouthing
he/she/it is bad-mouthing
we are bad-mouthing
you are bad-mouthing
they are bad-mouthing
Present perfect
I have bad-mouthed
you have bad-mouthed
he/she/it has bad-mouthed
we have bad-mouthed
you have bad-mouthed
they have bad-mouthed
Present perfect continuous
I have been bad-mouthing
you have been bad-mouthing
he/she/it has been bad-mouthing
we have been bad-mouthing
you have been bad-mouthing
they have been bad-mouthing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bad-mouthed
you bad-mouthed
he/she/it bad-mouthed
we bad-mouthed
you bad-mouthed
they bad-mouthed
Past continuous
I was bad-mouthing
you were bad-mouthing
he/she/it was bad-mouthing
we were bad-mouthing
you were bad-mouthing
they were bad-mouthing
Past perfect
I had bad-mouthed
you had bad-mouthed
he/she/it had bad-mouthed
we had bad-mouthed
you had bad-mouthed
they had bad-mouthed
Past perfect continuous
I had been bad-mouthing
you had been bad-mouthing
he/she/it had been bad-mouthing
we had been bad-mouthing
you had been bad-mouthing
they had been bad-mouthing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bad-mouth
you will bad-mouth
he/she/it will bad-mouth
we will bad-mouth
you will bad-mouth
they will bad-mouth
Future continuous
I will be bad-mouthing
you will be bad-mouthing
he/she/it will be bad-mouthing
we will be bad-mouthing
you will be bad-mouthing
they will be bad-mouthing
Future perfect
I will have bad-mouthed
you will have bad-mouthed
he/she/it will have bad-mouthed
we will have bad-mouthed
you will have bad-mouthed
they will have bad-mouthed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bad-mouthing
you will have been bad-mouthing
he/she/it will have been bad-mouthing
we will have been bad-mouthing
you will have been bad-mouthing
they will have been bad-mouthing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bad-mouth
you would bad-mouth
he/she/it would bad-mouth
we would bad-mouth
you would bad-mouth
they would bad-mouth
Conditional continuous
I would be bad-mouthing
you would be bad-mouthing
he/she/it would be bad-mouthing
we would be bad-mouthing
you would be bad-mouthing
they would be bad-mouthing
Conditional perfect
I would have bad-mouth
you would have bad-mouth
he/she/it would have bad-mouth
we would have bad-mouth
you would have bad-mouth
they would have bad-mouth
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bad-mouthing
you would have been bad-mouthing
he/she/it would have been bad-mouthing
we would have been bad-mouthing
you would have been bad-mouthing
they would have been bad-mouthing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bad-mouth
we let´s bad-mouth
you bad-mouth
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bad-mouth
Past participle
bad-mouthed
Present Participle
bad-mouthing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAD-MOUTH

bad hair day
bad housekeeper
Bad Lands
bad mester
bad news
bad off
bad scran to
bad seed
bad trot
bad-mannered
bad-tempered
bada-bing
bada-bing bada-boom
Badajoz
Badakhshan
Badalona
badass
baddeleyite
badder
badderlocks

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAD-MOUTH

Bournemouth
cottonmouth
Dartmouth
down in the mouth
down-in-the-mouth
Falmouth
from hand to mouth
have a big mouth
look a gift-horse in the mouth
Monmouth
mouth
Plymouth
Portsmouth
run off at the mouth
south
the horse´s mouth
vermouth
Weymouth
word of mouth
word-of-mouth
Yarmouth

Synonyms and antonyms of bad-mouth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bad-mouth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAD-MOUTH

Find out the translation of bad-mouth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bad-mouth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bad-mouth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

唱衰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mal de
570 millions of speakers

English

bad-mouth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुरा मुँह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سوء الفم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плохо - рот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bad- boca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খারাপ-মুখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

débiner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mulut jahat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bad- Mund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中傷
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나쁜 입
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bad-mouth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xấu - miệng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெட்ட வாய்வழிச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाईट तोंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sövüp saymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bad- bocca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bad- usta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

погано - рот
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rău - gura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κακό - το στόμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slegte -mond-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dålig klöv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bad- munn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bad-mouth

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAD-MOUTH»

The term «bad-mouth» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.930 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bad-mouth
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BAD-MOUTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bad-mouth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bad-mouth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bad-mouth

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAD-MOUTH»

Discover the use of bad-mouth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bad-mouth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bad Mouth Christopher
Confronted by a Bad Mouth Creature when he is sent to his room for swearing, Christopher turns to God for help.
Christopher Sharp, 1980
2
Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
BADMAMSM BAD-MOUTH acts. You can see she badly off, yes! Every day the goin\g} out an[d] buyin[g] castor oil and if you see the house, full o[f\ bottles o[f] castor oil. — (Gren) (iii) To be facing a difficulty. // you have to walk so far tonight, you ...
Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
3
Bad Mouth
After her ex-husband’s obsession with vampires, Valerie Craig is on a mission to stop transformations.
Angela McCallister, 2013
4
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
Bad craftsmanship, like bad money, drives out good. bad penny always turns up, a (saying) a worthless person always returns: 'What if I never see him again?' ' Don't worry. A bad penny always turns up.' bad mouth foul mouth bad mouth - I. a  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
5
A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
bad mouth • foul mouth bad mouth—1. a curse or spell: I have known of people that have had the record of saying that they could put a bad mouth on you. 2. malicious gossip: Companies don't want people telling their friends about shoddy  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2010
6
Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric and Poetics of John Oliver ...
Immediately afterward, we meet Billy "Bad Mouth" Williams, "mayor of Black nationalist Harlem," pontificating on the corner of 1 25th Street and Seventh Avenue. Billy is presented as totally self-absorbed: "God and/or Allah's most precious gift ...
Keith Gilyard, 2003
7
The ABC's of Values: A Treasure of Thoughts for Living
BAD-MOUTH. That kind of insidious, spiteful talk can become part of one's persona. You can look at people and find what you like about them, or you can look at them and focus on their faults. We all have strengths, weaknesses, positive and ...
Naomi W. Zaslow, 2011
8
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
1991–. GUARDIAN I apologise for all the hostility, but I think you'll understand. I'm having a bad hair day (1995). [From earlier sense, day on which one's hair is particularly unmanageable.] bad mouth noun Also bad-mouth. orig US 1 Esp.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
9
True to the Language Game: African American Discourse, ...
15). fi Immediately afterward, we meet Billy “Bad Mouth” Williams, “mayor of Black nationalist Harlem,” pontificating on the corner of 125th Street and fi Seventh Avenue. Billy is presented as totally self-absorbed: “God and/or Allah's most ...
Keith Gilyard, 2013
10
13 Extrapolations from Fugazi's 13 Songs
With “Bad Mouth,” a pattern emerges in 13 Songs, a pattern that continues throughout the entire album. As I have mentioned, it is a simple matter to tell Ian MacKaye's voice from Guy Picciotto's. “Bad Mouth,” for example, is sung in its entirety ...
Duncan Dobson

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAD-MOUTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bad-mouth is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Diana Douglas Death Disclosed; Wife, Mother of Stars Was 92
"I know Michael has said since being an adult that he was always very grateful that we never did bad-mouth each other. Sometimes we ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
2
29 pupils get opportunity to travel
“When you go out there, you project the best about T&T, you talk about our beautiful rainbow country, you don't go out there and bad-mouth ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»
3
Suzanne Leslie-Bailey: Holness' house on hill is a molehill
In addition, are you happy for other people when they succeed or do you also bad-mouth them? Honest answers to these questions will ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
4
Holness' house on hill is a molehill
In addition, are you happy for other people when they succeed or do you also bad-mouth them? Honest answers to these questions will ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
5
Is Didymus Mutasa's Damascene Moment Sincere?
... party chair for Harare Amos Midzi preferring to take his own life, Mutasa has clung to every opportunity to bad-mouth his erstwhile comrades. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
My mother, the social entrepreneur
Mother explains that it is better not to bad-mouth the competitors so as to conserve energy to focus on the business. I learn very early from her ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
7
What not to do after getting fired?
... to Divya Ghai, who has been an HR professional for over nine years, “You're burning all your bridges with the organisation if you bad-mouth. «YourStory.com, Jul 15»
8
Father Of Scientology's David Miscavige Pens Memoir: 'If He Dies …
It's alleged that the Scientology leader feared his father would leak confidential information about Scientology or otherwise bad-mouth it. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
9
9 stars bad-mouthing their exes: From Rita v Calvin to Katy v Russell
Breaking up is bad enough, but it's even messier when you're in the public eye and your ex begins to bad-mouth you on social media or in the ... «Digital Spy, Jul 15»
10
Court's decision provides sense of normalcy to kids of same-sex …
Warring mothers and fathers who bad-mouth one another in front of their children seldom realize the negative effect that such denigration of ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bad-Mouth [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bad-mouth>. Apr 2024 ».
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