About The Word Backbite
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Backbite
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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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