backbite
English
verb
Definitions
- To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- To speak badly of an absent individual.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bakbiten affix from English bite.
Origin
English
bite
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frankenbite English
- abite English
- afterbite English
- backbiter English
- backbiting English
- backbitingly English
- beetle English
- bitable English
- bite English
- biteable English
- bitee English
- biteforce English
- biteless English
- bitemark English
- biter English
- bitesheep English
- bitesome English
- bitest English
- biteth English
- bitewing English
- bitey English
- bitter English
- crossbite English
- fleabite English
- forbite English
- forebite English
- frostbite English
- midbite English
- minibite English
- overbite English
- rebite English
- scissor bite English
- shoebite English
- snakebite English
- taxbite English
- unbite English
- underbite English
- bakbiten Middle English
- bakbitere Middle English
- bakbitynge Middle English
- biten Middle English
- bite
- bitey
- abite
- bitee
- biter
- biteth
- rebite
- unbite
- bitest
- bitter
- beetle
- bitable
- taxbite
- midbite
- forbite
- shoebite
- overbite
- fleabite
- biteless
- biteable
- forebite
- bitesome
- bitewing
- minibite
- bitemark
- snakebite
- bitesheep
- crossbite
- backbiter
- afterbite
- underbite
- frostbite
- biteforce
- backbiting
- Frankenbite
- scissor bite
- backbitingly