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/ˈbæk.baɪt.ə(ɹ)/ · noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing..
[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
She better not hear none of them old backbiters talking about her husband!
Use backbiter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Backbiter means A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing..
Common synonyms include traducer, slanderer, libeler, maligner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
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