The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

present participle of backbite

plural of backbiting

To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. / (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.

One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.

simple past tense and past participle of backbite

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite

plural of backbite