backbite

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Verb

backbite (backbites, present participle backbiting; past backbit, past participle backbitten)

1. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
2. (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
3. To speak badly of an absent individual.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defame

Translations

• French: calomnier, salir, diffamer
• German: verleumden, afterreden, anschwärzen
• Italian: dire peste e corna, parlare male, denigrare, sparlare, calunniare, parlare alle spalle
• Russian: злосло́вить
• Spanish: calumniar

Noun

backbite (plural backbites)

1. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

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