backbite.
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
Meaning & usage
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
To speak badly of an absent individual.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
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