backbite

backbite is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
2. intransitive verb. To censure or revile the absent.
3. verb. say mean things

   Synonyms: bitch

Synonyms

bitch

Common word forms

backbiter, backbites, backbiting

Words from these letters

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