- Speak evil of - To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. - To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce;
to calumniate. - To treat as vile; to despise.
- 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.