backbiting
111su-su — I [ Sue sue] Jamaican Slang Glossary To gossip and spread rumors. The sound of whispering in one’s ear denotes gossip and backbiting. Nuh su su pon mi back. (Don’t gossip behind my back.) II Rasta Dictionary gossip, the sound of wispering …
112detraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disparagement Nouns 1. detraction, derogation, disparagement, dispraise, depreciation, disvaluation, vilification, obloquy, scurrility, scandal, defamation, aspersion, traducement, slander, calumny, evil …
113dishonest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. false, untrustworthy, deceitful, cheating, fraudulent, crooked. See falsehood, improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not honest] Syn. deceiving, lying, untruthful, double dealing, deceitful,… …
114envy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. enviousness, jealousy; covetousness, cupidity, spite; ill will, malice; greenness. v. begrudge; desire, crave, covet, hanker, turn green. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jealousy, resentment, covetousness,… …
115lie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prevaricate, falsify, deceive; recline, rest, be situated; extend. See falsehood, deception, location, horizontal. Ant., fact, truth. lie detector II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An intentional… …
116obloquy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. traduction, slander, calumny, denunciation, detraction; odium, shame, disgrace, opprobrium, humiliation, disrepute, ignominy. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disgrace] Syn. infamy, ill repute, dishonor; see… …
117disparagement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Detraction] Syn. depreciation, belittlement, backbiting; see lie 1 . 2. [Something that discredits] Syn. aspersion, censure, derision; see blame 1 , objection 2 , ridicule . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or an… …
118ironic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of events, works, statements, and the like ] Syn. ironical, paradoxical, contradictory, incongruous, satiric, satirical, wry, sardonic, sarcastic, mocking, humorous, facetious, tongue in cheek, ambiguous, double… …
119Detraction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Detraction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 detraction detraction disparagement depreciation vilification obloquy scurrility scandal defamation aspersion traducement slander calumny obtrectation …
120Zoroastrianism — Religion of ancient Persia based on the teachings of the prophet Zarasthustra (Zoroaster in Greek). Zoroastrianism influenced the development of Western angelologies and demonologies. Zarathustra may have been born as early as 650 B.C.E.… …
