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backbite
Part of speech: VerbTo slander or speak evil of ( one who is not present).
Part of speech: Past tenseBackbit.
Part of speech: Past participleBackbit and backbitten.
Part of speech: Participle Usage examples "backbite":- The first thing old Backbite said when he heard of it was, 'H'm! - "Marion's Faith.", Charles King.
- A parcel of old women who delight in having some one to run down and backbite. - "The Claverings", Anthony Trollope.
- This gave the women a chance to backbite her, to note her roused mood, and to accuse her among themselves of wishing evil to the fort and consequently to their husbands. - "The Lady of Fort St. John", Mary Hartwell Catherwood.