speak+evil+of
91libel — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation, scandal, yellow journalism, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace,… …
92slander — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation; scandal, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute,… …
93vilify — v 1. defame, denigrate, vituperate, vilipend, scandalize, run down; berate, impugn, revile, blackguard, malign, gibbet, criticize, pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, give a bad name, speak ill of, speak evil of, sneer at, ridicule, contemn …
94vituperate — v 1. censure, find fault with, slate, dispraise, reprove, reproach, reprobate, cry down, run down, Inf. dress down, disapprove, frown upon; inculpate, blame, incriminate, criminate, take to task, call to account; condemn, denounce, rate,… …
95blaspheme — [blas fēm′, blas′fēm΄] vt. blasphemed, blaspheming [ME blasfemen < OFr blasfemer < LL(Ec) blasphemare < Gr blasphēmein, to speak evil of, in LGr(Ec), blaspheme < blas (< ?) + phēmē, utterance: see FAME] 1. to speak irreverently or… …
96missay — [mis sā′] vt., vi. missaid, missaying Archaic 1. to say or speak wrongly 2. to speak evil (of); vilify; abuse; slander …
97malediction — n. 1 a curse. 2 the utterance of a curse. Derivatives: maledictive adj. maledictory adj. Etymology: ME f. L maledictio f. maledicere speak evil of f. male ill + dicere dict speak …
98Backbite — Back bite , v. t. [2d back, n. + bite.] To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
99Defame — De*fame , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See {Fame}.] 1.… …
100Defamed — Defame De*fame , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See… …
