backstabber
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈbækˌstæbər/
- Offensive
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traidor
- She trusted him completely, but he turned out to be a backstabber who shared her secrets with others.
- turned into a backstabber
Baders BAITER Bader B stands for backstabber.
- Baders BAITER Bader B stands for backstabber.
Examples
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A lying backstabber who alienated everyone she cares about.
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Sometimes confronting the backstabber in a public forum is good.
Blog text (13) -
How do you know this woman is a backstabber?
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Mean little backstabbers, all of them.
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Get out of here, you backstabbers.
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Usually, these backstabbers see the organization as something to serve them instead of them serving the organization.
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Because he's a backstabber who stood by Nouri.
Blog text (5) -
Hang out with backstabbers, and eventually you're going to get stabbed in the back.
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The politics in the office are tough; he always acts friendly but he is known to be a backstabber.
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After realizing her best friend was a backstabber, she felt betrayed and isolated at work.
Synonyms
381
3.9
A person who breaks the trust of their country, group, or friend to help an enemy
26
6.3
A person who breaks someone's trust by revealing secrets
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7.7
A person who seems friendly but secretly competes with you
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8.1
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
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6.8
A person who pretends to be loyal but betrays someone
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9.9
A person who betrays their friends or group
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9.9
A person who betrays trust or their country
A person who betrays a friend while seeming loyal
A person who is very dishonest and cannot be trusted
Antonyms
How Treacherous
- Offensive
381
3.9
- Offensive
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5.1
26
6.3
- Informal
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5.6
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backstabber comes from the simple parts back ('the back') and stab ('to push a knife into someone'). Think of a secret attack from behind, so a backstabber is someone who betrays a person who trusts them.