'Backbiting' definitions:
Definition of 'Backbiting'
From: GCIDE
- Backbiting \Back"bit`ing\, n. Secret slander; detraction. [1913 Webster]
- Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'backbiting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- animadversion,
- backstabbing,
- belittlement,
- calumnious,
- calumny,
- defamation,
- defamatory,
- depreciation,
- detracting,
- disparagement,
- invective,
- maligning,
- obloquy,
- reflection,
- scandal,
- scandalous,
- slander,
- slanderous,
- stricture,
- tale,
- vilifying,
- vituperation