Antonyms for backbiter

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bak-bahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌbaɪt

Definition of backbiter

As in shrew : noun mean lady
As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for backbiter

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