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backbite
[ bak-bahyt ]
verb (used with object)
, back·bit, back·bit·ten or (Informal) back·bit; back·bit·ing.
- to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
Synonyms: defame, libel, slander, deprecate, disparage, belittle
verb (used without object)
, back·bit, back·bit·ten or (Informal) back·bit; back·bit·ing.
- to speak unfavorably or slanderously of a person who is not present.
backbite
/ ˈbækˌbaɪt /
verb
- to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
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Derived Forms
- ˈbackˌbiter, noun
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- backbiter noun
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Example Sentences
We are all friends; of course we are friends, and we all backbite each other and carry scandal and intrigue.
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Mrs. Portal talked scandal herself and enjoyed it, but she didn't backbite, which is the difference between good and ill nature.
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Backbite (Sir Benjamin), nephew of Crabtree, very conceited, and very censorious.
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Even as thou art scandalizing others, thine own nature is being abased, whilst those whom thou dost backbite remain the same.
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From these though descended our manners are mended,Though still we can grin and backbite!
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