backbiting

backbiting
n
1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vilipending, vituperation; yellow journalism, mud-slinging, muck-raking; slur, defilement, blot, blot on the escutcheon, smear, smirch, stain, taint, attaint, tarnish, spot, blackening, black spot or mark, blemish, smudge, brand, stigma; attack, assault, abuse, injury, Inf. brickbat, scurrility; censure, invective, railing, commination, reviling, obloquy, commination, curse, denunciation, contumely, malediction, animadversion, imprecation, delation, execration; belittling, disparagement, deprecation, deflation, derogation, depreciation, devaluation, discredit, disfavor; humiliation, humble pie, mortification.
2. slander, libel, calumny, calumniation, misrepresentation; falsehood, lie, untruth, malicious falsehood or untruth, traducement; aspersion, imputation, insinuation, innuendo, malicious gossip, dirt, scandal-mongering.

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  • Backbiting — Back bit ing, n. Secret slander; detraction. [1913 Webster] Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • backbiting — c.1200, bacbitunge, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj. or n.) + biting. Related: back bite (v.), early 14c.; back biter (c.1200) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • backbiting — noun the backbiting between Democrats and Republicans has become tiresome Syn: malicious talk, spiteful talk, slander, libel, defamation, abuse, character assassination, disparagement, denigration, vilification, vituperation, calumny; slurs,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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