- Speak badly - To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the
force of an argument. - To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final
one; to subject to elision.
- Defame - Evil (influence) - Slander - Speak badly of African country before government and national leaders - Speak evil of - Wicked for first mate to straighten up - Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent
enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.