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1 Backbite -- rank: 1000

Backbite definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BACK'BITE, v.t. [back ... r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: say mean things [syn: backbite, bitch] Merriam Webster's verb (-bit; -bitten; -biting) Date: 12th ... spiteful things about (as one not present) intransitive verb to backbite a person • backbiter noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. slander ... speak badly of. Derivatives: backbiter n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Backbite Back"bite`, v. i. [2nd back, n., + bite] To wound ... speak evil of (one absent). --Spenser. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Backbite Back"bite`, v. i. To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. --Shak. Easton's Bible Dictionary In Ps. 15:3, ...

2 Slander -- rank: 348

... calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, belie. 2. Disparage, detract from. II. n. 1. Defamation ... scandal, obloquy. 2. Libel, calumny. Moby Thesaurus asperse, assail, attack, backbite, backbiting, backstabbing, barefaced lie, belie, belittlement, bitchiness, blackwash, calumniate, calumniation ...

3 Libel -- rank: 220

... bring a charge against. Moby Thesaurus affidavit, allegation, asperse, aspersion, backbite, backbiting, bad-mouth, barefaced lie, belittle, belittlement, besmirch, bill, bill ...

4 Malign -- rank: 220

... traduce, scandalize, disparage, vilify. Moby Thesaurus antagonistic, antipathetic, asperse, atrocious, backbite, bad-mouth, baleful, baneful, barbaric, barbarous, befoul, besmirch, bespatter, bestial ...

5 Disparage -- rank: 220

... speak ill of. Moby Thesaurus abate, abrade, abstract, abuse, attaint, backbite, bad-mouth, bate, be above, be contemptuous of, be disrespectful ...

6 Scandalize -- rank: 220

... 1. Offend, give offence to, shock. 2. Vilify, asperse, defame, backbite, traduce, decry, calumniate, slander, reproach, libel, revile, satirize, lampoon, inveigh ...

7 Bitch -- rank: 220

... crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler] 2: say mean things [syn: backbite, bitch] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English bicche ...

8 Backbiter -- rank: 220

... slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer] Merriam Webster's noun see backbite Webster's 1913 Dictionary Backbiter Back"bit`er, n. One ...

9 Vilify -- rank: 220

... slander, asperse, calumniate, scandalize, malign, abuse, blacken, blemish, slur, vituperate, backbite, lampoon, disparage, berate, run down, speak ill of, accuse falsely ...

10 Revile -- rank: 220

... Vilify, defame, reproach, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, upbraid, malign, abuse, backbite, speak ill of. Moby Thesaurus abuse, asperse, bark at, barrack ...

11 Asperse -- rank: 220

... calumniate, traduce, defame, disparage, slur, censure, impugn, malign, revile, lampoon, backbite, attack, abuse, blacken, blemish, besmirch, bespatter, befoul, defile, run down ...