backbite

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To attack from behind or when out of earshot
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter
To speak badly of an absent individual
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone
say mean things
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent)
To censure or revile the absent
{f} slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel
backbiter
person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of sight and hearing of the second person
backbiting
A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that person's knowledge

Am I to have a backbiting wife?.

backbiting
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge

Not given to backbiting.

backbit
{v} to slander an absent person
backbiter
{n} one who slanders any one secretly
backbiting
{n} reproach cast on an absent person
backbit
{f} slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel
backbit
past of backbite
backbit
{s} slandered, disparaged, belittled
backbiter
person who says nasty things about another person behind the second persons back: that is, out of sight and hearing of the second person
backbiter
one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
backbiter
One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor
backbiter
{i} gossip, slanderer
backbites
third-person singular of backbite
backbites
plural of backbite
backbiting
{i} act of slandering someone who is not present, act of gossiping, disparagement
backbiting
disapproval If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work. unpleasant or cruel talk about someone who is not present
backbiting
The action of slandering a person without that persons knowledge
backbiting
Secret slander; detraction
backbiting
present participle of backbite
backbiting
A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that persons knowledge
backbitten
Past participle of backbite
backbite

    Hyphenation

    back·bite

    Turkish pronunciation

    bäkbayt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbakˌbīt/ /ˈbækˌbaɪt/

    Etymology

    () back +‎ bite
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