English-Thai Dictionary

backbiting

N การนินทา ลับหลัง  การ พูด ให้ร้าย  การ ลอบกัด  calumny slander kan-nin-tha-lab-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BACKBITING

n.The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny. 2 Corinthians 12:2 .

 

BACKBITINGLY

adv. With secret slander.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BACKBITING

BACKBITING Back "bit `ing, n.

 

Defn: Secret slander; detraction. Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

backbiting

back bit ing |ˈbakˌbītiNG ˈbækˌbaɪdɪŋ | ▶noun malicious talk about someone who is not present. DERIVATIVES back bite |-ˌbīt |verb, back bit er |-tər |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

backbiting

back |bit ¦ing |ˈbakbʌɪtɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] malicious talk about someone who is not present. DERIVATIVES backbite verb, backbiter noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

backbiting

backbiting noun the backbiting between Democrats and Republicans has become tiresome: malicious talk, spiteful talk, slander, libel, defamation, abuse, character assassination, disparagement, denigration, vilification, vituperation, calumny; slurs, aspersions; informal bitching, bitchiness, cattiness, mudslinging, bad-mouthing, dissing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

backbiting

backbiting noun there is a lot of backbiting in the world of television: malicious talk, spiteful talk, slander, libel, defamation, abuse, character assassination, scandalmongering, disparagement, denigration, vilification, vituperation, calumny, revilement; insults, slurs, aspersions; informal bitching, bitchiness, cattiness, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing; Brit. informal slagging off, rubbishing. ANTONYMS praise.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

backbiting

b á ck b ì t ing 名詞 U 陰口 ; 中傷 .