Backbite Definition
băkbīt
backbit, backbites, backbiting, backbitten
verb
backbit, backbites, backbiting
To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).
American Heritage
To speak maliciously about (an absent person); slander.
Webster's New World
To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.
American Heritage
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
Wiktionary
(informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
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noun
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
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