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单词 backstabbers
释义

backstabbing

noun

back·​stab·​bing ˈbak-ˌsta-biŋ How to pronounce backstabbing (audio)
: betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend
backstab
ˈbak-ˌstab How to pronounce backstabbing (audio)
verb
She was known to backstab her coworkers
backstabber
ˈbak-ˌsta-bər How to pronounce backstabbing (audio)
noun
He had a reputation as a gossiper and backstabber.
backstabby
ˈbak-ˌsta-bē How to pronounce backstabbing (audio)
adjective informal
competitive backstabby people

Synonyms

  • betrayal
  • business
  • disloyalty
  • double cross
  • faithlessness
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • infidelity
  • perfidy
  • sellout
  • treachery
  • treason
  • two-timing
  • unfaithfulness
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Example Sentences

She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing. a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form
Recent Examples on the Web Landing for more backstabbing, unnecessary nudity and so much death. Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 What this means is that unlike the epic scope of Game Of Thrones, House of the Dragon will focus more on the dealings of court and the backstabbing and treachery and politics of a vast and powerful dynasty in crisis. Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 There's a comedic element that keeps things fresh as the group works through fake friendships and literal backstabbing. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 19 July 2022 Fueled by drugs and hard feelings, a party game goes awry and leads to a series of dead bodies and a decreasing bunch of bickering, backstabbing survivors. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022 Jack Dorsey accused of ‘backstabbing’ his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. Declan Harty, Fortune, 26 May 2022 Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing, etc.) run deeper than wokeness. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 May 2022 When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing, fake friends and a party gone wrong. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 6 May 2022 There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

backstabbers

noun

plural of backstabber
as in traitors
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance a backstabber taking credit for work she didn't do while bad-mouthing the rest of the team to the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • traitors
  • betrayers
  • turncoats
  • quislings
  • double-crossers
  • Judases
  • serpents
  • snakes
  • apostates
  • schemers
  • renegades
  • collaborators
  • collaborationists
  • gossipers
  • sellouts
  • intriguers
  • double-dealers
  • subverters
  • subversives
  • conspirators
  • coconspirators
  • plotters
  • gossips
  • gossipmongers
  • defectors
  • recreants
  • informants
  • informers
  • deserters
  • snitches
  • squealers
  • tattlers
  • talkers
  • tattletales
  • rumormongers
  • co-conspirators
  • accommodationists
  • blabbermouths
  • rats
  • stool pigeons
  • snitchers
  • talebearers
  • telltales
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