backbite
verb (used with object)
to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
backbites
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present tense formof backbite (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Here's an unthankful spiteful wretch! the good gentleman vouchsafed to make him his companion, because my husband put him into a few rags, and now see how the unrude rascal backbites him!
From Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson
