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wicked tongue

noun

Definitions

  1. An abusive, vulgar, nasty, or otherwise objectionable manner of speaking.

    • My son, keep well thy tongue, and keep thy friend; A wicked tongue is worse than is a fiend
    • [W]hen I met with any despicable thing, I hesitated not to call it so; and men had never done with talking of my restless head and wicked tongue.
    • [T]he stories which came to his ears . . . sometimes spoke strange evil of her—of her violent temper, of her wicked tongue, of her outraging of all customs and decencies.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA