Backbiting
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Secret slander; detraction.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The action of
slandering
a person without that person's knowledge.
adjective.
A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that person's knowledge.
verb.
Present participle of
backbite
.
Word Usage
"He offered friendship to many people and never engaged in backbiting and exclusionary activities so typical of academia."
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
admonishment
alehouse-keeper
apparitor
bloat
boiler plate
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abuse
animadversion
backstabbing
belittlement
calumnious
verb-stem
backbite