Synonyms for back-bite
All synonyms
Verb
1. Stab — to make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone
stab, speak ill of, slander, lampoon, defame, libel, malign, blacken, vilify, disparage, denigrate, revile, stain, smear, discredit, detract, disgrace, tarnish, sully, blot, blemish, scandalize, scandalise UK
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Definitions
- v. 1
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
Related words
- Word family
- backbiting
- Other spellings
- backbite
Forms
- Past participle
- back-bitten
e.g. back-bitten → stabbed, slandered, lampooned, defamed…
Example sentences
- stab Bruno approached Rima to stab her with his knife.
- denigrate Some translate while others denigrate.
- bitch Ziri is the luckiest son of a bitch I've ever seen.
By length
- 4 letters
- stab1, blot1
- 5 letters
- bitch1, stain1, smear1, libel2, sully2
- 6 letters
- malign2, defame2, vilify3, revile2
- 7 letters
- slander2, detract2, tarnish2, blemish2, lampoon2, blacken2
- 8 letters
- disgrace2
- 9 letters
- discredit3, disparage3, denigrate3
- 10 letters
- scandalize3, scandalise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (libel2 = 2 syllables).