What does backbite mean?
Definitions for backbite
ˈbækˌbaɪtback·bite
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Princeton's WordNet
backbite, bitchverb
say mean things
Wiktionary
backbitenoun
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
backbiteverb
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
backbiteverb
To attack from behind or when out of earshot.
backbiteverb
To speak badly of an absent individual.
Etymology: From bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to. Cognate with bakbíta.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Backbiteverb
To censure or reproach the absent.
Etymology: from back and bite.
Most untruly and maliciously do these evil tongues backbite and slander the sacred ashes of that most just and honourable personage. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.
I will use him well; a friend i’ th’ court is better than a penny in purse. Use his men well, Davy, for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.
Wikipedia
backbite
Backbiting or tale-bearing is to slander someone in their absence — to bite them behind their back. Originally, backbiting referred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbaiting.
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backbite
Backbite refers to the act of speaking maliciously or spitefully about someone who is not present. It typically involves spreading rumors, gossip or criticism to damage that person's reputation.
Webster Dictionary
Backbiteverb
to wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent)
Backbiteverb
to censure or revile the absent
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of backbite in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of backbite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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