Associations to the word «Backbiting»
Wiktionary
BACKBITE, verb. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
BACKBITE, verb. (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
BACKBITE, verb. To speak badly of an absent individual.
BACKBITE, noun. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
Dictionary definition
BACKBITE, verb. Say mean things.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.