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Backbite

Backbite Meaning & Definition
Backbite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Backbite?

[v] say mean things

Synonyms | Synonyms for Backbite: bitch

Related Terms | Find terms related to Backbite:

See Also | complain | kick | kvetch | plain | quetch | sound off

Backbite In Webster's Dictionary

\Back"bite`\, v. i. [2nd 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.
\Back"bite`\, v. i. To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. --Shak.

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