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backbiting
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge. Etymology 2 Slandering or speaking badly of a person without that person's knowledge. v (present participle of backbite English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, bacbitunge , from back (adj. or n.) + biting . Related: back-bite (v.), early 14c.; back-biter (c.1200).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backbiting \Back"bit`ing\, n. Secret slander; detraction. Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. --Piers Plowman.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Backbiting , backstabbing , or tale-bearing is to slander someone in their absence — to bite them behind their back. Originally, backbiting referred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbaiting . In the Baha'i Faith , Christian ...
Usage examples of backbiting.
You see, Arthurungrateful, backbiting young poseur that he is, I discovered too latefeared me and what I might do were I to reach Edinburgh and the ear of the cardinal there.
Gemma knew Michael: He was in no mood for bickering, backbiting, or inter-Dante politics.
Why must the public pay through the nose for the endless bickering and backbiting between these two monster organizations Planetary Development and the Space Force?
A few saintly personalities stand out amidst a roiling sea of jealousies, ambition, backbiting, suppression of dissent, and absurd conceits.
It is particularly important to refrain from making unfavourable remarks or statements concerning the friends and the loved ones of God, inasmuch as any expression of grievance, of complaint or backbiting is incompatible with the requirements of unity and harmony and would dampen the spirit of love, fellowship and nobility.
Sometimes she wondered why she still gave a damn about being accepted in her family, especially when they behaved like sniping, backbiting lunatics.
The army of the Queen Regent was indeed in an almost wrecked condition, and among the field officers jealousy and backbiting, which had smouldered through the war-time, broke out openly.
Catholics, are popular superstitions, envy, calumnies, backbiting, insinuations, and the like, which, being neither punished nor refuted, stir up suspicion of witchcraft.
I stand therefore in high favor with both parties, and have to hear all their cabinet counsels and mutual backbitings.
I stand therefore in high favor with both parties, and have to hear all their cabinet councils and mutual backbitings.
Paul says he plans to visit Corinth, but he's afraid he may find the church there divided by "strifes, backbitings, whisperings" (12:20).