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
I never said my uncle was a backbiter.
From The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius
To be no truce-breaker, nor talebearer nor backbiter.
From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by George Webbe Dasent
But an informer is apparently the same as a backbiter.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
