DO NOT SPEAK EVIL OF THE DEAD

Meaning of DO NOT SPEAK EVIL OF THE DEAD in English

do not say bad things about someone who is dead

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPEAK — I. ˈspēk verb ( spoke ˈspōk ; or archaic spake ˈspāk ; or dialect British spak ˈspak ; spo·ken ˈspōkən …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOT — I. |nät, usu -äd.+V adverb or -nt or -n't (ə)n(t), ( ə )n(t) ; also -not (|)nät sometimes -_nət, usu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DO — I. (|)dü, _də or +V _dəw verb ( past first & third singular did (|)did, _dəd ; or nonstandard done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAK — — speakable , adj. — speakableness , n. — speakably , adv. /speek/ , v. , spoke or ( Archaic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO — do 1 /dooh/ ; unstressed /doo, deuh/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. do , 2nd do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DO — I. ˈdü verb ( did ˈdid, dəd ; done ˈdən ; do·ing ˈdü-iŋ ; does ˈdəz) Etymology: Middle English don, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPEAK — verb ( spoke ˈspōk ; spo·ken ˈspō-kən ; speak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English speken, from Old English sprecan, specan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPEAK — vi to give sound; to sound. 2. speak ·vt to address; to accost; to speak to. 3. speak ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
Webster English vocab
DO — noun deed; act; fear. 2. do ·noun a cheat; a swindle. 3. do ·noun ado; bustle; stir; to do. 4. …
Webster English vocab
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
Webster English vocab
SPEAK — [speak] vb spoke ; spo.ken ; speak.ing [ME speken, fr. OE sprecan, specan; akin to OHG sprehhan to speak, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEAK — / spiːk; NAmE / verb ( spoke / spəʊk; NAmE spoʊk/ spoken / ˈspəʊkən; NAmE ˈspoʊ-/) HAVE CONVERSATION 1. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEAK — speak S1 W1 /spiːk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense spoke /spəʊk $ spoʊk/, past participle spoken /ˈspəʊkən $ ˈspoʊ-/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOT — not S1 W1 /nɒt $ nɑːt/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: nought ] 1 . used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPEAK — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1 intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DO — v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPEAK — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1 intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DO — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPEAK — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1. intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
DO — 1. v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1. tr. perform, carry out, achieve, …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
DO — I. AUXILIARY VERB USES /də, STRONG du:/ ( does, doing, did, done) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEAK — ( speaks, speaking, spoke, spoken) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Not' is often shortened to 'n’t' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
SPEAK — Synonyms and related words : accost, acquaint, act for, address, admonish, advert to, advertise, advertise of, advise, affect, affirm, allege, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAK — See: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, CHILDREN AND FOOLS SPEAK THE TRUTH, NOT TO MENTION or NOT TO SPEAK OF, …
Slang English vocab
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAK — verb 1 have a conversation ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ We spoke briefly on the phone. ▪ at length ▪ hardly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPEAK — INDEX: 1. to speak 2. to speak unclearly 3. to speak a language 4. to speak a little of a …
Longman Activator English vocab
SPEAK — See ↑ SPEAK 1,3, ↑ TALK 1,18 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't speak • ↑ no ... to speak of
Longman Activator English vocab

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