Thesaurus / backbiting
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He hated any species of backbiting, and he had heard of Burleigh as an adept in the art, and a man to be feared.
WARRIOR GAPCHARLES KINGBut I cannot bear that a slanderous backbiting tongue should make you think that I have seen no service.
CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?ANTHONY TROLLOPETo do so is to engage my daughter to sorrow, and hope deferred, and miserable backbiting!
WAS IT RIGHT TO FORGIVE?AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARRFor those were happy times when backbiting among artists took the more manly form of poisoning.
AN ARTIST'S LETTERS FROM JAPANJOHN LA FARGEThey were much given to gluttony and drinking; and there was an unthinkable amount of scandal and backbiting and jealousy.
SAMUEL THE SEEKERUPTON SINCLAIRThere is no parallel to the prying, tattling, backbiting littleness of the place elsewhere in the world.
VENETIAN LIFEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSIt is entitled "Salander," and has for its subject the backbiting dragon sometimes called by similar name.
THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE, VOLUME 2, NO. 3, FEBRUARY, 1851VARIOUSA backbiting tongue hath disquieted many; strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.
HUMAN NATUREJOSEPH BUTLERBackbiting may arise from ill-will or thoughtlessness, and slander is the work of baseness and perfidy.
ELEMENTS OF MORALSPAUL JANETOf reciprocal accommodation they have no idea: backbiting and hidden spitefulness maintain a constant jealousy among them.
WILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAVELS, VOL. I (OF 2)JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWORDS RELATED TO BACKBITING
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- ironical
- jibing
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- unexpected
- witty
- wry
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- jibing
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- witty
- wry
- aspersion
- backbiting
- backstabbing
- belittlement
- calumny
- crime
- defamation
- depreciation
- detraction
- dirty linen
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparagement
- disrepute
- dynamite
- eavesdropping
- gossip
- hearsay
- idle rumor
- ignominy
- infamy
- mud
- obloquy
- opprobrium
- reproach
- rumor
- scorcher
- shame
- sin
- skeleton in closet
- slander
- tale
- talk
- turpitude
- wrongdoing
- aspersions
- backbitings
- backstabbing
- belittlements
- calumnies
- crimes
- defamation
- depreciations
- detractions
- dirty linens
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparagements
- disrepute
- dynamite
- eavesdroppings
- gossips
- hearsay
- idle rumors
- ignominies
- infamy
- mud
- obloquy
- opprobrium
- reproaches
- rumors
- scorchers
- shame
- sins
- skeleton in closets
- slanders
- tales
- talks
- turpitude
- wrongdoings
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