backbiting
noun
[ ˈbakbʌɪtɪŋ ]
• malicious talk about someone who is not present.
• "members have grown tired of the backbiting in the group"
Similar:
malicious talk,
spiteful talk,
slander,
libel,
defamation,
abuse,
character assassination,
scandalmongering,
disparagement,
denigration,
vilification,
vituperation,
calumny,
revilement,
insults,
slurs,
aspersions,
bitching,
bitchiness,
cattiness,
mud-slinging,
bad-mouthing,
slagging off,
slagging,
rubbishing,
backbite
verb
• talk maliciously about someone who is not present.
• "they backbite about their colleagues"
