backbite
11backbite — v. a. Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, speak ill of …
12backbite — v 1. defame, denigrate, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, scandalize, run down; berate, impugn, revile, blackguard, malign, gibbet, criticize, pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, give a bad name, speak ill of, speak evil of, Sl. badmouth, gossip …
13backbite — back·bite …
14backbite — back•bite [[t]ˈbækˌbaɪt[/t]] v. bit, bit•ten (Informal) bit; bit•ing. 1) to attack the character or reputation of (a person not present) 2) to slander an absent person • Etymology: 1125–75 back′bit er, n …
15backbite — [c]/ˈbækbaɪt / (say bakbuyt) verb (backbit, backbitten or, Colloquial, backbit, backbiting) –verb (t) 1. to attack the character or reputation of secretly. –verb (i) 2. to speak evil of the absent; gossip. –backbiter, noun –backbiting, noun …
16backbite — v.tr. slander; speak badly of. Derivatives: backbiter n …
17The School for Scandal — Robert Baddeley as Moses (painting by Johann Zoffany, c.1781) Written b …
18malign — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. libel, slander, defame; calumniate, asperse, traduce, be smirch; backbite. See detraction, malevolence. Ant., praise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. accuse, misrepresent, scandalize; see censure , curse 2 …
19slander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scandal, aspersion, defamation, calumny, disparagement. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. defamation, calumny, scandal, libel; see lie 1 . v. Syn. vilify, defame, calumniate, asperse, decry,… …
20Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …
