what do we call somebody who bad mouthes?

[moonlike]

Hi
Can we just simply say 'he is a bad mouth'? I couldn't find it in a dictionary as a noun, though. I just wanted to coin a new word;-).

Thanks a million.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi
Can we just simply say 'he is a bad mouth'? I couldn't find it in a dictionary as a noun, though. I just wanted to coin a new word;-).

Thanks a million.

I can't think of a word specifically for someone who constantly bad-mouths people (note it's not "mouthes"). Someone like that might be nasty, miserable, bad-tempered, rude or several other things but I can't think of a suitable word. I don't think "He is a bad mouth" works. I suppose you could make it "He is a bad-mouther" but I don't think that's used.