backbite

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
2. verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
3. verb To speak badly of an absent individual.
4. noun One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

Similar words

bitch back-bite slander backstab badmouth blackmail cast aspersions put the bad mouth on talk trash stab

Often followed by

and one or him was with them the you

Word family

backbit backbiter backbiters backbiting backbitten