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BACKBITE
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Irregular inflected forms: backbit , backbitten
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they backbite ... he / she / it backbites
Past simple: backbit
Past participle: backbitten
-ing form: backbiting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Say mean things
Synonyms:
backbite; bitch
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "backbite" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
backbiter (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)
