Backbiter

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back·bite (b

)

v. back·bit (-b

), back·bit·ten (-b

n), back·bit·ing, back·bites

v.tr.

To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).

v.intr.

To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.

backbiter n.

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Noun

backbiter - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier

depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something

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