How do you pronounce backbite?

backbite is pronounced as /ˈbækbaɪt/.

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backbite

🗣️backbite (bakbait)

verb

/ˈbækbaɪt/

médire (medire)

back up Backbone

Signification

to speak negatively about someone who is not present; to slander behind someone’s back

Traduction de la signification

dire du mal de quelqu’un en son absence

dire du mal de quelquun en son absence

Phrases d'exemple

It is wrong to backbite your colleagues behind their backs.

Il est mal de médire de ses collègues en leur absence.

Il est mal de medire de ses collegues en leur absence

Synonymes

slander, gossip, defame, malign, badmouth

Antonymes

praise, compliment, commend

Collocations

backbite someone, backbite colleagues, backbite behind someone’s back

Vocabulaires connexes

let (laisser, permettre)

to allow or permit; to give permission

posit (poser)

To assume or suggest something as a fact or basis for reasoning.

approve (approuver)

to officially accept, agree to, or allow something

rise (monter)

to move upwards or increase in level or amount

indite (composer)

To write or compose (literary or formal works).

proselytize (tenter de convertir)

To try to persuade someone to convert to a different belief or religion.

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