BACKBITING

Meaning of BACKBITING in English

/ ˈbækbaɪtɪŋ; NAmE / noun

[ U ] unpleasant and unkind talk about sb who is not present

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from back + bite .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BACKBITING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bakbiting, from bak back + biting : the action of one who backbites …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKBITING — (n.) Secret slander; detraction.
Английский словарь Webster
BACKBITING — ( n. ) Secret slander; detraction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKBITING — n. act of slandering someone who is not present, act of gossiping, disparagement
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACKBITING — noun secret slander; detraction.
Webster English vocab
BACKBITING — ■ noun malicious talk about an absent person. Derivatives backbiter noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
BACKBITING — [backbiting] n (12c): malicious comment about one not present
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BACKBITING — back ‧ bit ‧ ing /ˈbækbaɪtɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] unpleasant or cruel talk about someone who is not present: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKBITING — If you accuse someone of backbiting , you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKBITING — If you accuse someone of ~, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BACKBITING — [noun] [U] - unpleasant and unkind words that are said about someone who is not thereA lot of backbiting goes …
Cambridge English vocab
BACKBITING — Synonyms and related words : abuse, animadversion, backstabbing, belittlement, calumnious, calumny, defamation, defamatory, depreciation, detracting, disparagement, invective, maligning, obloquy, reflection, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKBITING — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: LIBELOUS , calumnious, defamatory, detracting, detractive, maligning, scandalous, slanderous, traducing, vilifying
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BACKBITING — n. Function: noun Synonyms: DETRACTION , backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, scandal, slander, tale Related Words: animadversion, reflection, stricture; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BACKBITING — n. Detraction, defamation, aspersion, slander, calumny, contumely, abuse, obloquy.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
BACKBITING — I. noun Synonyms: detraction , backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, scandal, slander, tale Related Word: animadversion, reflection, stricture; abuse, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKBITING — n. 25B6; noun MALICIOUS TALK, spiteful talk, slander, libel, defamation, abuse, character assassination, disparagement, denigration; slurs, aspersions; informal bitching, bitchiness, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKBITING — Клевета
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BACKBITING — Диффамация
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BACKBITING — n. злословить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BACKBITING — n. злословить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BACKBITING — критиковать, плохо отзываться о ком-либо за его спиной He was forced to retire because of constant backbiting of him in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
BACKBITING — критиковать, плохо отзываться о ком-либо за его спиной He was forced to retire because of constant backbiting of him in …
English Russian slang dictionary
BACKBITING — плохо отзываться о ком-л. за его спиной
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
TIGHT — I. ˈtīt, usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of thight, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTRIGUE — I. ə̇n.ˈtrēg sometimes ˈin.ˌt- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: French intriguer to puzzle, intrigue, from Italian intrigare to intrigue, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DETRACTION — də̇ˈtrakshən, dēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English detraccioun, from Middle French detraction, from Late Latin detraction-, detractio, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ЗЛОСЛОВИЕ — с. scandal, malignant gossip; backbiting; ~ить несов. talk scandal ср. slander, malicious/malignant gossip, scandal, backbiting
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
ЗЛОСЛОВИЕ — ср. slander, malicious/malignant gossip, scandal, backbiting злослов|ие - с. scandal, malignant gossip backbiting ~ить несов. talk scandal
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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