backbiting

Meanings

Plural: backbitings

Verb

say mean things
present participle and gerund of backbite

Noun

The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

Adj

Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite + -ing.

Synonyms

backbite, bitch

Scrabble Score: 21

backbiting is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
backbiting is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 26

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