BACKBITE

backbite

Noun

  1. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

Verb

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


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