If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
[disapproval]
Corporate backbiting is nothing new.
Synonyms: slander, abuse, spite, gossip More Synonyms of backbiting
backbiting in British English
(ˈbækbaɪtɪŋ)
noun
spiteful talk about an absent person
The speech came at the end of a week of backbiting in the television industry.
traditional politics, with its backbiting and self-interest
Corporate backbiting is nothing new.
Examples of 'backbiting' in a sentence
backbiting
I don't think I've ever encountered a more backbiting, conniving noble.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
`I don't follow the Symphony like I do the Knicks, but I know there's been plenty of offstage backbiting.
Goldsborough, Robert MURDER IN E MINOR (2002)
(noun)
Corporate backbiting is nothing new.
Synonyms
slander
He is now suing the company for slander.
abuse
A group of people started to heckle and shout abuse.
spite
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
gossip
smearing
malice
maligning
defamation
He was considering suing for defamation.
vilification
Clare did not deserve the vilification she was subjected to.
denigration
the denigration of certain members of society
bitchiness (slang)
calumny
He alleges that he was the victim of calumny and dirty tricks.
disparagement
They were unanimous in their disparagement of the book.
muckraking
vituperation
spitefulness
cattiness (informal)
scandalmongering
detraction
calumniation
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abuse
Definition
insulting comments
A group of people started to heckle and shout abuse.
Synonyms
insults,
blame,
slights,
curses,
cursing,
put-downs,
libel,
censure,
reproach,
scolding,
defamation,
indignities,
offence,
tirade,
derision,
slander,
rudeness,
vilification,
invective,
swear words,
opprobrium,
insolence,
upbraiding,
aspersions,
character assassination,
disparagement,
vituperation,
castigation,
contumely,
revilement,
traducement,
calumniation
in the sense of calumny
Definition
a false or malicious statement
He alleges that he was the victim of calumny and dirty tricks.