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Backbite   Listen
verb
Backbite  v. i.  (past backbit; past part. backbitten; pres. part. backbiting)  To censure or revile the absent. "They are arrant knaves, and will backbite."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Backbite" Quotes from Famous Books



... if there was more than one, I am sure I know nothing about it. No, indeed I do not! Besides, the way people gossip and backbite is the very devil! But, as I was saying, because he dared to look at some one before he looked at you—before he ever thought of you—is that a reason for throwing him over for good and all? How many would ever get married under those circumstances, ...
— Three Comedies • Bjornstjerne M. Bjornson



Words linked to "Backbite" :   backbiter, kvetch, bitch, kick



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