Question of the Day #636

People who badmouth others undermine their own physical, mental health

From the headline of this article at Japan Today.

上記の文で、badmouthの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "badmouth" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈主に米俗〉〔人の〕悪口を言う、〔人を〕中傷する、〔人を〕厳しく［口汚く］批評［非難］する

Answer

According to :

To criticize or disparage, often spitefully or unfairly

Examples

• Stop bad-mouthing him all the time.
• Why are you always bad-mouthing the medical profession?
• Both men continually bad-mouthed each other.
• He had sworn not to bad-mouth Liv, though he held her at fault for the breakup of their marriage. Barbara Delinsky SUDDENLY (1993)
• "those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway" (Benedict Nightingale).

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