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.
Wiktionary
noun
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
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