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backbiting

/ˈbæk.baɪ.tɪŋ/

backbitingсуществительное

backbitings

множ.

Переводы

médisancePropos malveillants tenus en l’absence de la personne visée.

The office was rife with backbiting, as employees often gossiped about each other behind their backs.

Le bureau était empli de médisance, car les employés colportaient souvent des ragots les uns sur les autres dans leur dos.

Определения

The act of speaking unfavorably or maliciously about someone who is not present.

The office was rife with backbiting, as employees often gossiped about each other behind their backs.

Синонимы

malicious talk

backbitingгерундий или причастие настоящего времени

/ˈbækˌbaɪ.tɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe a person or comments that engage in malicious gossip.

Переводы

médisantSe dit d’une personne ou d’un comportement qui parle mal des autres en leur absence.

She grew tired of her backbiting colleagues.

Elle se lassa de ses collègues médisants.

Определения

Inclined to speak unfavorably or maliciously about others who are not present.

She grew tired of her backbiting colleagues.

Синонимы

backbiteглагол

backbiting

Герундий

backbit

Прошедшее простое время

backbitten

Причастие прошедшего времени

backbiting

Герундий

/ˈbæk.baɪt/

Переводы

médireSe construit généralement avec « de » ; registre courant.

It is hurtful to backbite a coworker after the meeting.

Il est blessant de médire d’un collègue après la réunion.

Дополнительные переводы

mordreSens vieilli ou archaïque, avec l’idée de mordre ou d’attaquer par derrière.

Определения

To speak unfavorably or slanderously about someone who is not present.

She was upset to learn that her colleagues would often backbite her when she wasn't around.

(archaic) To bite or attack from behind.

The startled mule bucked when the dog tried to backbite it.

Синонимы

defame

slander

speak behind someone's back

malign

speak ill of