downmouth

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downmouth (third-person singular simple present downmouths, present participle downmouthing, simple past and past participle downmouthed)

To speak negatively or critically.
- 1958, Recruiting New Talent for News Staffs, page 6:
  Such downmouthing of the profession is almost incredible.
- 1984, Vern Kenneth Baxter, Organizational change, technology and labor in the post office:
  Carriers complained of harassment in the form of route additions, street supervision, mail counts, and "downmouthing" by supervisors.