Sekirov Dictionary

backbite

verb 3
noun 1
forms 4

verb3

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To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way. — 1899
To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
To speak badly of an absent individual.

noun1

One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

forms

backbit · backbitten · backbiting · backbites

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