Associations to the word «Backbite»

Adjective

Verb

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Wiktionary

BACKBITE, verb. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
BACKBITE, verb. (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
BACKBITE, verb. To speak badly of an absent individual.
BACKBITE, noun. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

Dictionary definition

BACKBITE, verb. Say mean things.

Wise words

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
Robert Louis Stevenson