backbiting

Speech parts

1. backbiting - Noun

2. backbiting - Adjective

3. backbiting - Verb

Meaning

Secret slander; detraction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lie abuse scandal accusation libel insult gossip defamation envy censure scandalous slander smear depreciation defamatory
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Antonyms

agreement acceptable consensus harmony acclaim cleaning
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Examples

Wherever there was a group of people, and a treasure to be administered, there Peter knew was backbiting and scandal and intriguing and spying, and a chance for somebody whose brains were "all there." Upton Sinclair

Fame, moreover inspires backbiting. It does no good whatsoever to have one's name survive. A craving after fame is next foolish. Yoshida Kenkō

A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!... Miguel de Cervantes

According to Muslims, backbiting harms its victims without offering them any chance of defense, just as dead people cannot defend against their flesh being eaten. Source: Internet

Leave the vicious backbiting to the denizens of hate radio." Source: Internet

With accountability, we write down every wrong, from stealing to backbiting. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

backbit backbite backbiter backbitingly backbitten backblast