speak badly of
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.
家族の事を悪く言うな
Don't speak ill of my family.
— ウィッチ (2016)
陰で悪く言うのはやめようよ。
Let's stop talking badly about people behind their backs.
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.
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)
誰のことも悪く言うつもりはありません。
I don't mean to speak ill of anyone.
みんな僕のこと悪く言うんだ。
Everyone talks badly about me.
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)
“この大統領の事は決して悪く言うな”となのにこんな事を…
Even though they say, “Never speak ill of this president,” they go and do something like this…
— マルコムＸ (1992)
悪く言う気はないんだ
I don't mean to say anything bad about it.
— グッドフェローズ (1990)