backbiter
Example Sentences
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Grey-haired, lethargic, Temugin is the easy victim of an adroit harem intrigue, and of a backbiter who convinces overlord Ung that his satellite is a traitorous rival deserving death.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
Accordingly a backbiter is a murderer occasionally, since by his words he gives another man an occasion for hating or despising his neighbor.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Every one has his opportunity, and this robs the plotter and backbiter of his venom.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
No doubt, Sir, no doubt.—I defy any man in the ship to say that I am a backbiter, even against my wife, with whom I have a sort of lawful right to deal candidly.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
