noun
- plural of backbiting; instances of speaking badly about someone who is absent, especially in a malicious or spiteful way
Usage: usually uncountable when referring to the practice in general; countable when referring to specific instances
Examples
- The office was full of backbitings and rumors about the new manager.
- She was hurt by the backbitings of her former friends.
- His backbitings behind closed doors contradicted his friendly behavior in public.
- The backbitings in the group eventually destroyed their trust in one another.
- Social media has made backbitings easier to spread and harder to control.
- He refused to participate in the backbitings that went on during lunch breaks.