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Backbite

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backbite"

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Word	Definition
bitchnoun	(dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
back-biteverb	Alternative form of backbite. [To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.]
slandernoun	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
backstabnoun	An act of backstabbing.
badmouthverb	(informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
blackmailnoun	The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.
cast aspersionsverb	(idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
put the bad mouth onverb	(idiomatic) To speak ill of; to vilify.
talk trashverb	(slang, idiomatic) To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
stabnoun	An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
snipenoun	Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
throw dirtverb	(figuratively) To make derogatory or malicious allegations, particularly about people in public life.
mean-mouthverb	(transitive) To speak unkindly and critically about; to badmouth.
speak ill ofverb	To vilify; to defame; to criticize.
bad-mouthverb	Alternative spelling of badmouth. [(informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.]
sleazenoun	(uncountable) Low moral standards.
malign	Malevolent.
asperseverb	To falsely or maliciously charge someone.
spitenoun	Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
traduceverb	(transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.