Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ambitransitive, informal)To claim to be poor.

    прибеднятьсяpribednjatʹsja

  2. (rare, transitive)To badmouth (someone or something).

Translations

1 languages
Русский
claim to be poor:

Origin

From poor + mouth.

From poor + mouth.

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Forms

poormouths, poormouthing, poormouthed, poormouthed
Base formpoormouth · to poormouth
3rd person singularpoormouths
Present participlepoormouthing
Past simplepoormouthed
Past participlepoormouthed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypoormouth
he, she, itpoormouths

Past simpleLesson

all personspoormouthed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave poormouthed
he, she, ithas poormouthed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill poormouth

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cry poormouth

Word family

1 related words
RelatedimpoverishedC1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poorA1poorlypopA1
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