Definition of backbite Backbite
/bæˈkbajˌt/ - [bakbayt] - back•bite
We found 8 definitions of backbite from 4 different sources.
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What does backbite mean?
WordNet
Wiktionary 
- backbite (Noun)
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter. - backbite (Verb)
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. - backbite (Verb)
To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks. - backbite (Verb)
To speak badly of an absent individual.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- backbite (v. i.)
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). - backbite (v. i.)
To censure or revile the absent.
Part of speech
🔤- backbite, verb, present, 1st person singular of backbite (infinitive).
- backbite, verb (infinitive).
