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Backbite   /bˈækbˌaɪt/   Listen
Backbite

verb
(past backbit; past part. backbitten; pres. part. backbiting)
1.
Say mean things.  Synonym: bitch.



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... execrate &c 908; exprobate^, speak daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile^, revile; vilify, vilipend^; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw^; rave against, thunder against, fulminate against; load with reproaches. exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Backbite" :   complain, kick, sound off, plain, kvetch, quetch



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