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.

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Wiktionary

(informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.

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Synonyms:

noun

One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

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Other Word Forms of Backbite

Singular:

backbite

Plural:

From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back +‎ bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).

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