backbite
verb (used with object)
to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
backbiter
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a word derived from
backbite.
Example Sentences
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Grey-haired, lethargic, Temugin is the easy victim of an adroit harem intrigue, and of a backbiter who convinces overlord Ung that his satellite is a traitorous rival deserving death.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
Besides, everyone hates and fears a backbiter; because as he brings to you a bad story about another, he will in the same manner bring to someone else a bad story about you.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead
Sycophanta is such a dissembler, traitor, and backbiter that would earn a grey coat.
From Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther by Captain Henry Bell
Accordingly we must say that if a man listens to backbiting without resisting it, he seems to consent to the backbiter, so that he becomes a participator in his sin.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
