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backbite

/ˈbæk.baɪt/

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verb

/ˈbæk.baɪt/C1formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для обозначения действия, заключающегося в злобных или клеветнических высказываниях о ком-либо в его отсутствие.

A verb used to indicate the act of speaking maliciously or slanderously about someone who is not present.

irregular verb

  1. Speak maliciously about someoneC1formal

    To say unkind or spiteful things about someone who is not present.

    ruЗлословить

    • She was known to backbite her colleagues behind their backs.
    • It's not professional to backbite about your coworkers.
    • He backbit his friend, spreading rumors about him.

    Synonymscalumniatedefamedenigratedisparagemalignrun downslandertraducevilify

    Antonymscommendcomplimentextollaudpraise

Forms
  • backbitten past participle
  • backbit past simple
  • backbiting present participle
  • backbites third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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