backbite (redirected from backbitten)

back·bite  (bkbt)

v. back·bit (-bt), back·bit·ten (-btn), back·bit·ing, back·bites

v.tr.

To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).

v.intr.

To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.

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backbiter n.

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backbite [ˈbækˌbaɪt]

vb -bites, -biting, -bit, ; ; -bitten, -bit

to talk spitefully about (an absent person)

backbiter  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

backbite - say mean things                       bitch kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

Translations

backbite [ˈbækbaɪt]

A. VI → murmurar

B. VT [+ absent person] → hablar mal de