backbiter
5168. THE PEN (al-Qalam) — In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. Noon. By the pen, and by what they inscribe. 2. By the grace of your Lord, you are not insane. 3. In fact, you will have a reward that will never end. 4. And you are of a great moral character. 5 …
52detractor — late 14c., from Anglo Fr. detractour, O.Fr. detractor detractor, backbiter, from L. detractor, agent noun from detrahere (see DETRACTION (Cf. detraction)) …
53backbiting — noun malicious talk about an absent person. Derivatives backbiter noun …
54calumniator — n. Slanderer, maligner, traducer, defamer, vilifier, reviler, blackener, backbiter, libeller, detractor …
55maligner — n. Vilifier, slanderer, traducer, calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer …
56slanderer — n. Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer, maligner, detractor …
57backbiting — noun (U) unpleasant or cruel talk about someone who is not present: All this backbiting is destroying company morale. backbiter noun (C) …
58detractor — noun detractors never deterred me from pursuing my art Syn: critic, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler, attacker, fault finder, backbiter; slanderer, libeler; informal knocker …
59busybody — n meddler, snoop, pry, Paul Pry, eavesdropper, Dumbo; gossip, newsmonger, quidnunc, chatterbox, jabberer, gabbler, blatherskite, Sl. windbag; blabber, blabbermouth, tattler, tattle tale, telltale, tale bearer, informer, Sl. squealer;… …
60cat — n 1. feline, grimalkin, tabby; gib, tomcat, Inf. torn; kitten, pussy, Archaic. catling. 2.(used only of women) gossip, busybody, newsmonger, quidnunc; scandalmonger, muckraker, backbiter; shrew, virago, vixen, termagant, harridan, crone, Sl.… …
