backbitten
- past participle of backbite.
Example Sentences
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I have no friend at Rome; I have laboured in England, to be misrepresented, backbitten and scorned.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
I overheard the aide-de-camp say; "he is a backbiting sneak, and I tell you again he's backbitten nobody more than he has you!"
From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington
Now we can't help being backbitten or talked about, but we can help doing it to others: the way, child, is to keep to ourselves and to see no one.
From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Kavanagh, Julia
No worse than they are backbitten, sir; for they have marvellous foul linen.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William
I came here to try and do you a good turn, not to hear John Huish backbitten.
From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville
