backbite

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for backbite

backbite 🔊 /bæˈkbajˌt/

backbite : සපාදූප කියනවා

backbite : කේලාම් කියනවා

backbite definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
  2. To censure or revile the absent.