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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bak-bahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌbaɪt



Definition of backbiter

  • As in shrew : noun mean lady
  • As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
Example sentences :
  • The flatterer, the backbiter, the spy,—these find here a rich soil.
  • Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
  • That's an end to Backbiter, the best horse 'twixt Pedee and the Savannah.
  • Extract from : « Horse-Shoe Robinson » by John Pendleton Kennedy
  • Every one has his opportunity, and this robs the plotter and backbiter of his venom.
  • Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth
  • Nobody could call him a detractor or a backbiter or a talebearer or a liar.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters » by Alexander Whyte
  • There is yet one who is numbered among the asas, but whom some call the backbiter of the asas.
  • Extract from : « The Younger Edda » by Snorre
  • Would the slanderer, or backbiter, or hypocrite, indulge their habits if they realized this truth?
  • Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
  • As to Backbiter, the rat-tailed and spavined bone-setter, curse me if I would have him as a gift: a noble beast!
  • Extract from : « Horse-Shoe Robinson » by John Pendleton Kennedy
  • It was therefore agreeable to find one of the Mystery detractors actually named Backbiter.
  • Extract from : « The Grotesque in Church Art » by T. Tindall Wildridge
  • I know thee for a liar, a deceiver, a backbiter, and a spirit of insatiable malevolence.
  • Extract from : « The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by James Hogg
  • The widow was no gossip, no backbiter, but a woman of opinions and a nimble tongue undeterred by fear or favor.
  • Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland

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