speak evil of someone Definition

evil
adj

1. Morally bad or offensive.

Thesaurus: wicked, immoral, sinful, corrupt, cruel, vile, nefarious, vicious, depraved.
2. Harmful.
3. colloq
Very unpleasant.
Example: an evil stench

noun

1. Wickedness or moral offensiveness, or the source of it.

Thesaurus: wickedness, sin, immorality, heinousness, viciousness, depravity, crime, corruption, licentiousness.
2. Harm, or a cause of harm; a harmful influence.

Thesaurus: harm, ill, misfortune, mischief, disaster, plague, catastrophe, outrage.
3. Anything bad or unpleasant, eg crime or disease.

Derivative: evilly
adverb

Derivative: evilness
noun

Idiom: speak evil of someone

To slander them.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon yfel.