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21 backbitten
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22 detraction
принижение имя существительное: -
23 malign
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24 obloquy
оскорбление имя существительное: -
25 scandal
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26 scandalize
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27 slander
клевета имя существительное:поклеп (slander, calumny, false accusattion)напраслина (slander, wrongful accusation)глагол: -
28 backbiting
злословие имя существительное: -
29 calumniate
клеветать глагол: -
30 traduce
злословить глагол: -
31 antonomasia
type 1: a lexical SD in which a proper name is used instead of a common noun, i.e. a lexical SD in which the nominal meaning of a proper name is suppressed by its logical meaning or the logical meaning acquires the new - nominal - componentHe took little satisfaction in telling each Mary [=any female], shortly after she arrived, something... (Th. Dreiser)
"Your fur and his Caddy are a perfect match". I respect history: "Don't you know that Detroit was founded by Sir Antoine de la Mothe Caddilac, French fur trader". (J.O'Hara)
type 2: (vice versa) a common noun serves as an individualising nameThere are three doctors in an illness like yours. I don't mean only my self, my partner and the radiologist who does your X-rays, the three I'm referring to are Dr. Rest, Dr. Diet and Dr. Fresh Air. (D.Cusack)
type 3: "speaking names" whose origin from common nouns is still clearly perceivedThe next speaker was a tall gloomy man. Sir Something Somebody. (J.B.Priestley)
Miss Languish - Мисс Томней, Mr. Backbite - М-р Клевентаун, Mr. Credulous - М-р Доверч, Mr. Snake - М-р Гад (Sheridan)
Lord Chatterino - Лорд Балаболо, John Jaw - Джон Брех, Island Leap-High - Остров Высокопрыгия (F.Cooper)
Mr. What's-his-name, Mr. Owl Eyes, Colonel Slidebottom, Lady Teazle, Mr. Surface, Miss Tomboy, Miss Sarcastic, Miss Sneerface, Lady Bracknell
Source: V.A.K.••- особое использование собственных имён: переход собственных имён в нарицательные (Дон Жуан), или превращение слова, раскрывающего суть характера, в собственное имя персонажа, как в комедиях Р.Шеридана, или замена собственного имени названием связанного с данным лицом события или предмета.Source: I.V.A.See: lexical SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > antonomasia
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32 backbit
[ˈbækbɪt]backbit past от backbite -
33 backbitten
[ˈbækˌbɪtn]backbitten p. p. от backbite
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Backbite — Back bite , v. i. To censure or revile the absent. [1913 Webster] They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Backbite — Back bite , v. t. [2d back, n. + bite.] To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
backbite — [bak′bīt΄] vt., vi. backbit [bak′bit΄] backbitten [bak′bit΄ n] or backbit, backbiting [ME bakbiten: see BACK1 & BITE] to speak maliciously about (an absent person); slander backbiter [bak′bīt΄ər] n … English World dictionary
backbite — verb ( bit; bitten; biting) Date: 12th century transitive verb to say mean or spiteful things about (as one not present) intransitive verb to backbite a person • backbiter noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
backbite — backbiter, n. /bak buyt /, v., backbit, backbitten or (Informal) backbit; backbiting. v.t. 1. to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present). v.i. 2. to speak unfavorably or slanderously of a person who is not present.… … Universalium
backbite — 1. verb a) To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. b) To attack from behind or when out of earshot. 2. noun One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter … Wiktionary
Backbite — In Ps. 15:3, the rendering of a word which means to run about tattling, calumniating; in Prov. 25:23, secret talebearing or slandering; in Rom. 1:30 and 2 Cor. 12:20, evil speaking, maliciously defaming the absent … Easton's Bible Dictionary
backbite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. attack, revile. See detraction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. slander, malign, *backstab, defame, vilify, gossip, smear, *badmouth, *dump on, *tell tales out of school. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… … English dictionary for students
backbite — v. a. Pol. S. 157. pret. ‘backbate.’ Ps. xxxvii. 21 … Oldest English Words
backbite — back·bite || bækbaɪt v. slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel … English contemporary dictionary
backbite — v. a. Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, speak ill of … New dictionary of synonyms