backbiting
noun
- 1
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
- 1
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- 2
To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- 3
To speak badly of an absent individual.
adjective
- 1
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
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