Meaning of wicked tongue | Babel Free

Definitions

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

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

“He called him everything he could think⟳ of, and this was a great deal⟳, for Sammy has a wicked tongue.”

“She lies, steals and sleeps around, gleefully spreading malicious rumours wherever she goes. "I like⟳ strong, conniving women with wicked tongues," Roos explains.”

“Playing amateur sleuth . . . frees her wicked tongue to spill⟳ the beans about her neighbors’ secret vices and adulterous affairs.”

CEFR level