Backbiter

/ˈbæk.baɪt.ə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "backbiter" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

slanderer backbite backbiting backstabber

Strong matches (5)

cynic debunker disparager

Noun(2 words)

defamer gossip

Related words (9)

hatchet manknocker muckraker mudslinger

Noun(5 words)

libeler malignerrumor spreadingtraducer vilifier

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More general

8 entries

defamer depreciator detractor disparager knocker misconduct slanderer vice

More specific

3 entries

rumor spreadingrumormongertale bearer

Collocations

6 entries

backbiting discoursehabit of backbitingmalicious backbitingpublic backbitingrumor spreadingsilent backbiter

Inflections

5 entries

backbit backbiters backbites backbiting backbitten

Derivations

3 entries

backbite backbites backbiting

Sample sentences

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[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]

Source: wiktionary

She better not hear none of them old backbiters talking about her husband!

Source: wiktionary

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