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Synonyms for backbiter
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bak-bahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌbaɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for backbiter Other synonyms for the word backbiter
- amazon
- archenemy
- asperser
- assailant
- assassin
- backbiter
- bad person
- battle-ax
- betrayer
- biddy
- bitch
- calumniator
- carper
- contender
- defamer
- defiler
- detractor
- disputant
- dragon
- emulator
- falsifier
- fifth column
- fire-eater
- fishwife
- fury
- harpy
- harridan
- hell cat
- hellion
- hussy
- informer
- inquisitor
- madcap
- muckraker
- murderer
- nag
- ogress
- old biddy
- opponent
- opposition
- other side
- porcupine
- prosecutor
- rebel
- reviler
- revolutionary
- rival
- saboteur
- scold
- seditionist
- she-devil
- she-wolf
- siren
- slanderer
- spitfire
- spy
- termagant
- terrorist
- tigress
- traducer
- traitor
- vilifier
- villain
- virago
- vituperator
- vixen
- wench
Définition of backbiter
- As in shrew : noun mean lady
- As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
- The flatterer, the backbiter, the spy,—these find here a rich soil.
- Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
- That's an end to Backbiter, the best horse 'twixt Pedee and the Savannah.
- Extract from : « Horse-Shoe Robinson » by John Pendleton Kennedy
- Every one has his opportunity, and this robs the plotter and backbiter of his venom.
- Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth
- Nobody could call him a detractor or a backbiter or a talebearer or a liar.
- Extract from : « Bunyan Characters » by Alexander Whyte
- There is yet one who is numbered among the asas, but whom some call the backbiter of the asas.
- Extract from : « The Younger Edda » by Snorre
- Would the slanderer, or backbiter, or hypocrite, indulge their habits if they realized this truth?
- Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
- As to Backbiter, the rat-tailed and spavined bone-setter, curse me if I would have him as a gift: a noble beast!
- Extract from : « Horse-Shoe Robinson » by John Pendleton Kennedy
- It was therefore agreeable to find one of the Mystery detractors actually named Backbiter.
- Extract from : « The Grotesque in Church Art » by T. Tindall Wildridge
- I know thee for a liar, a deceiver, a backbiter, and a spirit of insatiable malevolence.
- Extract from : « The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by James Hogg
- The widow was no gossip, no backbiter, but a woman of opinions and a nimble tongue undeterred by fear or favor.
- Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland
Antonyms for backbiter
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