schlechtmachen

== German == === Etymology === schlecht (“bad”) +‎ machen (“to make”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃlɛçtmaxən/, [ʃlɛçt.maxn̩] Hyphenation: schlecht‧ma‧chen === Verb === schlechtmachen (weak, third-person singular present macht schlecht, past tense machte schlecht, past participle schlechtgemacht, auxiliary haben) (of people) to badmouth (of abstract things) to spoil, ruin something for someone by overcriticizing Synonyms: schlechtreden, vermiesen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schlechtmacher, Schlechtmachung ==== Related terms ==== Schlechtmachen schlechtmachend, schlechtgemacht verschlechtern === Further reading === “schlechtmachen” in Duden online “schlechtmachen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schlechtmachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon