backbiting
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4ADJ.
flattering, over, slippery, stirred
VERB + BACKBITING
given, involving
BACKBITING + NOUN
behavior, wife
PREP.
into
Definitions
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
[…]ending his epistle by saying, "that his uncle having doubtless lent his ear to some old woman's tales and backbiting, he did not choose to place his property in the hands of a spendthrift,[…]
She was not given to backbiting—though, when stirred by any motive near to her own belongings, she would say an illnatured word or two.
adj
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
Backbiting talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge.
Am I to have a backbiting wife?
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6[…]ending his epistle by saying, "that his uncle having doubtless lent his ear to some old woman's tales and backbiting, he did not choose to place his property in the hands of a spendthrift,[…]
WiktionaryShe was not given to backbiting—though, when stirred by any motive near to her own belongings, she would say an illnatured word or two.
WiktionaryBackbiting talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge.
WiktionaryAm I to have a backbiting wife?
WiktionaryIf the world’s premier A.I. start-up can so easily plunge into crisis over backbiting behavior and slippery ideas of wrongdoing, can it be trusted to advance a technology that may have untold effects
WiktionaryMark tactfully removed himself from any conversation involving backbiting.
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