noun🔗ShareOne who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.""Nobody trusts Sarah because she's a known backbite who constantly talks about people behind their backs." "characterpersoncommunicationmoralattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.""It's not kind to backbite your friends when they're not around to defend themselves." "communicationlanguagewordcharacterattitudemoralnegativesocietyactionhumanpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.""Even though Sarah smiled at me, I heard her backbite me to our mutual friend as soon as I left the room." "communicationcharacterattitudemoralactionpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo speak badly of an absent individual."Sarah would never backbite her friends, even if she disagreed with them. "communicationcharacteractionlanguagemoralwordnegativeattitudesocietypersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading