(v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
(v. i.) To censure or revile the absent.
Example Sentences:
(1) May told backbench MPs at a summer event that their choice was her or Corbyn as prime minister as she urged them to stop the “backbiting”.
(2) Not only would the party’s Stalinist-like discipline compare favourably with the chaos and backbiting that would infect the coalition government, but the Shinners would play it all to their advantage in other ways.” With senior Fianna Fáil personnel baulking at the prospect of a formal coalition government with Fine Gael and remaining on the opposition benches, it appears so far that they will not be gifting any “grand coalition wet dream” to Sinn Féin in the near future.
(3) The disarray and anonymous backbiting in the Liberal party is infuriating Abbott loyalists and some in the National party .
(4) Alastair Campbell, Blair's former communications director, put it: "You know with absolute certainty that today's broadly loyal minister is tomorrow's bitter and backbiting backbencher."
(5) Two sources close to the situation described an atmosphere of sniping and backbiting as Trump loyalists position themselves for key jobs,” the network reported.
(6) West paid tribute to his Watch the Throne partner Jay-Z, saying the older rapper had looked out for West and protected him in the backbiting culture of hip-hop.
(7) Especially intriguing is the behind-the-scenes backbiting and jockeying for position among Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers: Robert Shapiro (John Travolta), F Lee Bailey (Nathan Lane), Johnny Cochran (Courtney B Vance) and Alan Dershowitz (Evan Handler).
(8) Others said they were an inevitable product of the macho news culture in which he was immersed for almost 40 years - from the newsrooms of local papers to the deserts of his African adventures and the backbiting world of BBC internal politics.
(9) The Vatileaks scandals, which led to the jailing of the former pope's butler for passing stolen papers to Italian journalists, exposed a nest of backbiting and financial corruption.
(10) The haters and the backbiters have ready-made arguments they love to throw in your face.
(11) Amid the financial crisis swirling the chancelleries of Europe and the perennial backbiting about an uncompetitive economy suffering at the hands of cheaper labour in the east the economic premise for the EU is often lost: that over the past 25 years, the single market has made goods cheaper, labour cheaper, and trade more secure and more competitive.
(12) When it became apparent that Balls had no hope of winning a contest, mired as he was in the backbiting of the New Labour years, they wanted someone else to topple David Miliband.
(13) What selling needs is high visibility, unblinking belief and a capacity to persuade that starts with immediate colleagues – which is why the backbiting sets up such a damaging circle of negativity.
(14) The attorney general misled the cabinet – which, in any case, consisted of informal cups of coffee, rubber-stamping, and backbiting.
(15) They include surveillance reports, inter-agency information trading, disinformation and backbiting, as well as evidence of infiltration, theft and blackmail.
(16) Otherwise, John Ashdown,sends in the ECB job description , one of whose requirements isthe "implementation of a people agenda" - presumably a plan for how backbiting and gossip should work, an essential quality for running English cricket.
(17) Straight talk is a style of communication aimed at solving problems--without blaming, defending, bickering, or backbiting.
(18) Johnson's second term in city hall often resembles a sort of laissez-faire zoo, over-stocked with backbiters, cronies and cranks.
(19) In a profession that is often noted for its backbiting, Jack had an Olympian stature.
Slanderous
Definition:
(a.) Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
(a.) Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
Example Sentences:
(1) I will confine myself to correcting Kaiman's slanders against the most open and generous immigration system in the developed world.
(2) It is socially very divisive, it is stigmatising, it is subtly slanderous and it is immoral.
(3) It’s unfortunate that companies should have to continue to correct the government’s slander,” the union said.
(4) "I will, no doubt, be interrrupted, shouted down, slandered, put on the spot, and subject to a scrutiny that would be a thousand times more intense than anything directed at other panellists."
(5) "They slandered us, slung mud at us and shut us out of all the news media – the TV channels of the corrupt elite – and we beat them," the 55-year-old leader said as the votes came in.
(6) Sarah Champion, John Healey and Kevin Barron are suing Collins – who represents Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in the European parliament – for libel and slander for accusations she made in her speech at last year’s Ukip party conference.
(7) They are slanderous and therefore libellous," she told the Sunday Times.
(8) There have been rumours, however, denied as slander by those still there, of rising alcoholism and petty thuggery.
(9) In spite of this manifest acknowledgment of John Hunter's greatness there are nevertheless numerous aspects of his character, his health, and his opinions which have been the subject of criticism, misunderstanding, lack of appreciation, and even slander.
(10) Consideration is given to potential liability due to malpractice, negligent interference with a workers' contractual relationship with his or her employer, libel and slander, and unauthorized release of information.
(11) China has condemned Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, for "maliciously slandering" its self-proclaimed air defence zone, ratcheting up the war of words between the neighbours over Beijing's annexation of the skies over a group of disputed islands.
(12) During his 45-minute talk delivered from Jamaica, Faisal was heard saying: “Instead of embracing the Islamic State, supporting the Islamic State and doing everything humanly possible for the success of the state … all they do is slander the mujahideen,” he said.
(13) Trump insisted that the press as a whole was “false and slanderous in every respect” and said “the depths of their immorality is absolutely unlimited”.
(14) Qatar’s FA said the remark by Zwanziger showed collective disrespect and was slanderous and he should not be allowed to repeat it, according to the court statement.
(15) While Vatican spokesmen continue to maintain that Seromba is a victim of malicious slander, the Florence diocese announced this week that it had an open mind as to his culpability.
(16) KCNA quoted the foreign ministry as saying: “As the United States is spreading groundless allegations and slandering us, we propose a joint investigation with it into this incident.
(17) But to be credible, those who condemn that slander must also condemn the hate we see in the images of Jesus Christ that are desecrated, or churches that are destroyed, or the Holocaust that is denied.
(18) As the United States is spreading groundless allegations and slandering us, we propose a joint investigation with it into this incident,” a foreign ministry spokesman said.
(19) Police staying back #OccupyGezi #Turkey June 11, 2013 9.08am BST AKP plans curb on Twitter The ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) has vowed to begin censoring Twitter in an effort to curb "dangerous" slander, the Turkish daily Hurriyet reports .
(20) The drama about the slandered Bristol schoolteacher also won the mini-series prize, one of a number of double winners at the ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, on Sunday night.