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
Therefore a tale-bearer is the same as a backbiter.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
There is yet one who is numbered among the asas, but whom some call the backbiter of the asas.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
