backbite
Meanings
Plural: backbites
Verb
- say mean things
- 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.
Noun
- One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
backbite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbackbite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
backbite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
backbite is a valid Words With Friends word