speak ill of

speak ill of

English

Verb

speak ill of (third-person singular simple present speaks ill of, present participle speaking ill of, simple past spoke ill of, past participle spoken ill of)

1. To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
   • 2010 March, R Emmett Tyrrell Jr, “The Lost Liberals”, in American Spectator, volume 43, number 2, page 70:

     Jimmy Carter was the first former president to speak ill of a sitting president while on foreign soil

Synonyms

• (to vilify): talk shit (slang, vulgar)

Antonyms

• speak well of

Translations

to vilify

French: dire du mal (fr) de, médire (fr) de Greek: Ancient: κακηγορέω (kakēgoréō)

Maori: taiaroa