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backbite Definition

back·bite (-bīt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·bit′-bit′, -·bit′·ten-bit′'n or -·bit′, -·bit′·ing

to speak maliciously about (an absent person); slander

Etymology: ME bakbiten: see back & bite

backbite Related Forms
back′·bit′er (-bīt′ər) noun
backbite Usage Examples

Object

  • world: Asplin satirizes the shallow, backbiting world of Hollywood as well as the next guy.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Do Not Backbite One Another In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
  • no: We, the artists, got on famously well with each other - no jealousy, no backbiting.