backbite
Example Sentences
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Characters backbite, bellyache, reluctantly pitch in and commit mundane acts of heroism in a largely believable manner, and there’s blessedly little inspirational speechmaking.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2022
Diana could spin one delicious backbite like that into a column.
From Time Magazine Archive
But not to quarrel; not to haggle, and backbite and scold!
From Rimrock Jones by Coolidge, Dane
To backbite is to speak something secretly to one's injury; to calumniate is to invent as well as utter the injurious charge.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
One can't be very frivolous when there is no one to be frivolous with; nor can one backbite and be unkind, for there is no provocation.
From Olivia in India by Douglas, O.
