
v., -bit (-bĭt'), -bit·ten (-bĭt'n), -bit·ing, -bites. v.tr.
To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).
v.intr.
To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.
backbiter back'bit'er n.
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v.t.
To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bagtale, sladre om
v. intr. - bagtale
Français (French)
v. tr. - médire de qn
v. intr. - médire
Deutsch (German)
v. - verleumden
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κακολογώ
Italiano (Italian)
fare pettegolezzi, spettegolare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - caluniar, rebaixar
Русский (Russian)
злословить, клеветать, поливать грязью
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - murmurar de, hablar mal de, criticar a, calumniar a
v. intr. - hablar mal, murmurar, criticar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - baktala
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
中伤, 背后毁谤
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 中傷
v. intr. - 背後毀謗
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~의 험담을 하다
v. intr. - 험담을 하다
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يغتاب شخصا
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ריכל על
v. intr. - הלעיז
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