backbiting
Meaning of backbiting
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb- To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- To speak badly of an absent individual.
adjective
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
Information about backbiting
- The plural form of backbiting is: backbitings.
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Hyphenation of backbiting
back-bit-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- backbiting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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