backbiting

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== backbiting (countable and uncountable, plural backbitings) The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite +‎ -ing. ==== Adjective ==== backbiting (comparative more backbiting, superlative most backbiting) Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== backbiting present participle and gerund of backbite === Anagrams === biting back