speak+ill+of
111detract — v 1. divert, deflect, shift, avert; withdraw, draw away, turn aside, turn off, turn away, diverge, swerve; (of the mind or attention) distract, sidetrack, draw off, divide. 2. belittle, disparage, demean, deprecate, derogate, deflate, decry, Inf …
112disparage — v 1. discredit, disfavor, make disreputable, injure or impair the credit or reputation of; censure, reproach, inveigh against; reduce, lower, degrade, downgrade, debase, abase, vitiate; shame, disgrace, dishonor; humiliate, humble, mortify, Sl.… …
113impugn — v 1. malign, gibbet, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, run down, defame, denigrate, scandalize, asperse, impute, insinuate, cast aspersions, speak ill of, speak evil of, backbite, Sl. badmouth, Sl. poor mouth; slander, libel, calumniate, traduce,… …
114impute — v 1. accuse, charge, challenge, allege, assert, cite, implicate, incriminate, criminate, Obs., Rare. accriminate; point to, set down to, lay at the door of, saddle with, father upon, account for, call to or hold in account; arraign, impeach,… …
115vilify — 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 …
116vituperate — 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,… …
117poor-mouth — 1. tv. to speak ill of someone. (See also bad mouth.) □ Please don’t poor mouth my brother. □ There’s no need to poor mouth your clothing. 2. in. to speak repeatedly of how little money one has; to plead poverty. □ She’s got money, but she’s… …
118mis|say´er — mis|say «mihs SAY», verb, said, say|ing. –v.i. to speak wrongly. –v.t. 1. to say wrongly. 2. Archaic. to speak ill of; slander. –mis|say´er, noun …
119mis|say — «mihs SAY», verb, said, say|ing. –v.i. to speak wrongly. –v.t. 1. to say wrongly. 2. Archaic. to speak ill of; slander. –mis|say´er, noun …
120Jewish ethics — stands at the intersection of Judaism and the Western philosophical tradition of ethics. Like other types of religious ethics, the diverse literature of Jewish ethics primarily aims to answer a broad range of moral questions and, hence, may be… …
