Thesaurus / backbiter
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synonyms for backbiter
- adversary
- agent
- antagonist
- attacker
- bandit
- competitor
- criminal
- detractor
- foe
- guerrilla
- invader
- murderer
- opponent
- opposition
- prosecutor
- rebel
- rival
- spy
- terrorist
- traitor
- villain
- assailant
- assassin
- betrayer
- contender
- defamer
- defiler
- disputant
- emulator
- falsifier
- informer
- inquisitor
- revolutionary
- saboteur
- slanderer
- traducer
- vilifier
- archenemy
- asperser
- bad person
- calumniator
- fifth column
- other side
- seditionist
- battle-ax
- bitch
- carper
- detractor
- dragon
- fire-eater
- fishwife
- fury
- harpy
- harridan
- hellion
- muckraker
- nag
- ogress
- porcupine
- scold
- she-devil
- spitfire
- termagant
- tigress
- virago
- vixen
- calumniator
- hell cat
- reviler
- she-wolf
- vituperator
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How to use backbiter in a sentence
The widow was no gossip, no backbiter, but a woman of opinions and a nimble tongue undeterred by fear or favor.
SUDDEN JIMCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDI know thee for a liar, a deceiver, a backbiter, and a spirit of insatiable malevolence.
THE THREE PERILS OF MAN, VOL. 3 (OF 3)JAMES HOGGThe flatterer, the backbiter, the spy,—these find here a rich soil.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANWould the slanderer, or backbiter, or hypocrite, indulge their habits if they realized this truth?
THE WESLEYAN METHODIST PULPIT IN MALVERNKNOWLES KINGHere is something to confute the old backbiter,' and he clapped with his thick short hand a heavy leather pocket-book.
THE IMMORTALALPHONSE DAUDETIt was therefore agreeable to find one of the Mystery detractors actually named Backbiter.
THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ARTT. TINDALL WILDRIDGEAs to Backbiter, the rat-tailed and spavined bone-setter, curse me if I would have him as a gift: a noble beast!
HORSE-SHOE ROBINSONJOHN PENDLETON KENNEDYOn more than one occasion he contradicts himself flatly, and he is an inveterate backbiter and gossip.
THE STORY OF BRUGESERNEST GILLIAT-SMITHHe had only just been in time then—only just in time to stop the mouth of this blatant backbiter in priest's raiment.
ALAS!RHODA BROUGHTONNobody could call him a detractor or a backbiter or a talebearer or a liar.
BUNYAN CHARACTERSALEXANDER WHYTEWORDS RELATED TO BACKBITER
- adversaries
- agents
- antagonists
- archenemies
- aspersers
- assailants
- assassins
- attackers
- backbiters
- bad persons
- bandits
- betrayers
- calumniators
- competitors
- contenders
- criminals
- defamers
- defilers
- detractors
- disputants
- emulators
- falsifiers
- fifth columns
- foes
- guerrillas
- informers
- inquisitors
- invaders
- murderers
- opponents
- oppositions
- other sides
- prosecutors
- rebels
- revolutionaries
- rivals
- saboteurs
- seditionists
- slanderers
- spies
- terrorists
- traducers
- traitors
- vilifiers
- villains
- adversary
- agent
- antagonist
- archenemy
- asperser
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- backbiter
- bad person
- bandit
- betrayer
- calumniator
- competitor
- contender
- criminal
- defamer
- defiler
- detractor
- disputant
- emulator
- falsifier
- fifth column
- foe
- guerrilla
- informer
- inquisitor
- invader
- murderer
- opponent
- opposition
- other side
- prosecutor
- rebel
- revolutionary
- rival
- saboteur
- seditionist
- slanderer
- spy
- terrorist
- traducer
- traitor
- vilifier
- villain
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