backbiter
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- noun
- /ˈbækˌbaɪtər/
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hablador
- During the meeting, she was careful not to appear as a backbiter, choosing her words thoughtfully when discussing her colleagues.
Examples
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Their son, the big goddamn doctor they could brag about to all those J-town backbiters.
Fiction book (2000) -
These were my Red Sox—overpaid and underachieving backbiters who ended up as comic relief.
Blog text (14) -
## Go tell that midnight rider ## ## Tell the gambler, the rambler, the backbiter ## ## Tell them God Almighty's gonna cut them down ## ## You may throw your rock and hide your hand ## ## Working in the dark against your fellow man ## ## As sure as God made the day and the night ## ## What you do in the dark will be brought to the light ## ## You may run and hide, slip and slide ## ## Trying to take the mote f rom your neighbor's eye ## ## As sure as God made the rich and poor ## --
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He was known as a backbiter in the office, always speaking negatively about his coworkers when they weren't around.
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Gossip spread quickly, revealing the backbiter among friends who spoke behind each other's backs.
Synonyms
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A person who often talks about other people's private lives and spreads rumors
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A person who says false things about someone to harm them
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A person who spreads nasty stories about others to harm them, often in politics
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A person who tells secrets about other people
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A person who often tells private stories about other people
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A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
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A person who says false things to harm someone's reputation
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A person who attacks someone strongly in speech or writing
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A person who spreads gossip or secrets to hurt others
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A person who spreads private or untrue stories about others
A person who tells lies about someone to harm their good name
A person who lies about someone to harm their reputation
A person who says false things to damage someone's reputation
A person who says or writes false, hurtful things about someone
A person who unfairly says bad things about someone to make them seem unimportant
A person who often spreads gossip or private news about others
A person who spreads harmful gossip about others to attract attention
Antonyms
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backbiter comes from the simple parts back and bite, so imagine someone who 'bites' you 'behind your back' when you are not there. So a backbiter is a person who says bad things about someone when they are absent, trying to hurt their reputation.