Backbites

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  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
  • n. Plural form of backbite.
  • Word Usage
    "The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him."
    Verb Form
    backbit    backbites    backbiting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound off    kick    quetch    complain    plain   
    Variant
    backbitten    backbit   
    Form
    backbiter    backbiting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    censure    defame