悪わる口くちを言いう
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, う)
1. to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
Kanji used
bad
mouth
say
Composed of
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to insult someone behind their back
Examples (12 in total)
Don't speak ill of others.
You shouldn't speak ill of others.
Don't speak ill of him in public.
She always speaks ill of others.
We are apt to speak ill of others.
You should not speak ill of others.
I've never heard him speak ill of others.
There is no one that knows him who speaks ill of him.
We must not speak ill of others behind their backs.
Tom and Mary insult each other all the time.
They often heard him speak ill of others.
Donald doesn't like people who speak ill of others.