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backbiting (noun)

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  • backbiting — ► NOUN ▪ malicious talk about an absent person …   English terms dictionary

  • backbiting — noun (U) unpleasant or cruel talk about someone who is not present: All this backbiting is destroying company morale. backbiter noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • backbiting — noun the backbiting between Democrats and Republicans has become tiresome Syn: malicious talk, spiteful talk, slander, libel, defamation, abuse, character assassination, disparagement, denigration, vilification, vituperation, calumny; slurs,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • backbiting — noun malicious talk about an absent person. Derivatives backbiter noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • backbiting — 1. noun The action of slandering a person without that persons knowledge. No custummable bakbytyng God.... 2. adjective A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that persons knowledge. Backbiting talk that flattering blabs know… …   Wiktionary

  • backbiting — back|bit|ing [ bæk,baıtıŋ ] noun uncount unpleasant comments and criticisms made about someone who is not there …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • backbiting — UK [ˈbækˌbaɪtɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] unpleasant comments and criticisms made about someone who is not there …   English dictionary

  • backbite — [c]/ˈbækbaɪt / (say bakbuyt) verb (backbit, backbitten or, Colloquial, backbit, backbiting) –verb (t) 1. to attack the character or reputation of secretly. –verb (i) 2. to speak evil of the absent; gossip. –backbiter, noun –backbiting, noun …  

  • scandal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disgrace, infamy, shame, humiliation, stigma; defamation, slander, backbiting, calumny; gossip. See disrepute, detraction, information, news. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shame, disgrace, embarrassment,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Bahá'í Faith — This article is about the generally recognized global religious community. For other related uses, see Bahai (disambiguation). Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Bahá ís, in Haifa, Israel …   Wikipedia

  • 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

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