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forgab

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diss, trash talk, satirize, tease, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, demonize, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, sully, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong, befool, chaff, frump, gleek, jape, jeer, jibe, josh, kid, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, razz, rib, roast, scoff, scorn, twit, bust on, extract the urine, clown around, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, take the piss

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English forgabben (“to mock”), equivalent to for- (“destructively, harmfully”) + gab.