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backbite
English
Alternative forms
- back-bite
Etymology
From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- +? bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
Verb
backbite (third-person singular simple present backbites, present participle backbiting, simple past backbit, past participle backbitten)
- To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- To speak badly of an absent individual.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Derived terms
- backbiter
- backbiting
Translations
Noun
backbite (plural backbites)
- One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
Anagrams
- bite back
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backstab
English
Etymology
back +? stab
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæk?stæb/
Verb
backstab (third-person singular simple present backstabs, present participle backstabbing, simple past and past participle backstabbed)
- (transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.
Derived terms
- backstabber
- backstabby
Translations
Anagrams
- backtabs
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