Synonyms for backbiting
- noun
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
Forms
- Plural
- backbitings → slanders, calumnies, detractions, scandals…
Example sentences
- scandal A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
- slander She loudly said every slander imaginable about me.
- calumny There's something even worse than calumny, it's truth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| backbiting | rising | |
| scandal | rising | |
| slander | steady | |
| calumny | steady | |
| detraction | falling | |
| aspersion | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- libel2
- 7 letters
- scandal2, slander2, calumny3, obloquy3
- 9 letters
- aspersion3
- 10 letters
- defamation4, detraction
- 11 letters
- traducement
- 12 letters
- vilification5
- 13 letters
- disparagement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (libel2 = 2 syllables).