
Meaning of BACKBITING
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Back"bit`ing\, n.
Secret slander; detraction.
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. --Piers
Plowman.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, animadversion, backstabbing, belittlement, calumnious, calumny, defamation, defamatory, depreciation, detracting, disparagement, invective, maligning, obloquy, reflection, scandal, scandalous, slander, slanderous, stricture, tale, vilifying, vituperation |
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