backbiting
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backbiting¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite + -ing.
noun backbitings
- The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge. […]ending his epistle by saying, "that his uncle having doubtless lent his ear to some old woman's tales and backbiting, he did not choose to place his property in the hands of a spendthrift,[…]
backbiting²
Where it comes from
From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite + -ing.
adjective more backbiting · most backbiting
- Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge. Backbiting talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge.
verb
- present participle and gerund of backbite
Translations
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noun the act of slandering a person without that person's knowledge
| 日本語 | 後指 ushiroyubi, 陰口 kageguchi |
|---|---|
| Italiano | maldicenza, sussurrio, diceria, ciarla |
| Русский | злосло́вие zloslóvije, спле́тни splétni |
| Tiếng Việt | nói xấu sau lưng |
| العربية | غِيبَة ḡība |
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