を悪く言う

speak badly of

→ を

phrase Rare #26,568

speak badly of Used when criticizing, insulting, or saying negative things about someone or something. The particle を marks the person or thing being spoken about negatively.

JA: 人の前で友達を悪く言うのはやめて。

EN: Stop speaking badly of your friend in front of people.

私は彼が人を悪く言うのを聞いたことがない。

I've never heard him speak ill of anyone.

彼女が彼を悪く言うのももっともだ。

It's understandable that she speaks ill of him.

家族の事を悪く言うな

Don't speak ill of my family.

— ウィッチ (2016)

ブタを悪く言うのはよくない

It’s not nice to speak badly of pigs.

— レオン (1994)

お母さんが他人のことを悪く言う人は悪い人だって言ったわ

Mom said that people who speak badly of others are bad people.

— 新感染ファイナル・エクスプレス (2016)