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Noun
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
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“The new employee learned the hard way that office backbiting can quickly tarnish one's professional reputation.”
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Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way
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Fighting or quarreling among the members of a group or side
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Demeaning comments showing malice or betrayal
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An intentionally false statement
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Adjective
Spiteful or malevolent in nature or manner
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Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
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Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
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Ill-tempered and prone to nagging
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Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure
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Involving the use of sarcasm, especially sardonically
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Verb
Present participle for to make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone
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“They backbite about their colleagues.”
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Present participle for to diminish or take credit from
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Present participle for to criticize or castigate severely
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Present participle for to betray someone's trust
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Present participle for to criticize, especially with insulting language
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