Definition of Backbite
Back´bite`
v. t.
1.
To
wound
by
clandestine
detraction
;
to
censure
meanly
or
spitefully
(
an
absent
person
);
to
slander
or
speak
evil
of
(
one
absent
).
v. i.
1.
To
censure
or
revile
the
absent
.
They
are
arrant
knaves
,
and
will
backbite
.
- Shak.
Related Words
backbiter
,
bitch
,
complain
,
defamer
,
kick
,
kvetch
,
libeler
,
maligner
,
plain
,
quetch
,
slanderer
,
sound
off
,
traducer
,
vilifier
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