Phrase guide

speak well of

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

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verb

Meaning 1

To say good things about someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: laud, praise, puff, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly, lay it on thick, make fair weather, palaver, preen, soothe, speak well of, stroke, tickle the ear, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, honor, idolize, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, revere, transfigure, venerate, worthy

Antonyms: speak ill of, 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, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, stab, stain, sully, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong

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