Definitions for: Backbite


[v] say mean things



Webster (1913) Definition: Back"bite`, v. i. [2nd back, n., + bite]
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or
spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of
(one absent). --Spenser.


Back"bite`, v. i.
To censure or revile the absent.

They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. --Shak.

Synonyms: bitch

See Also: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off

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