Backbiting synonyms | adjectives

Synonyms for Backbiting as an Adjective

• scandalmongering

  slander, malicious talk
• vicious
• catty
• libelous
• muckraking

  slander
• maligning

  slander
• defamatory
• dishonest
• scandalous
• sarcastic

  faultfinding, captious
• critical

  captious, faultfinding
• slanderous
• calumnious
• malicious
• rancorous
• venomous
• ironic
• aspersive
• disparaging
• mudslinging
• bitchy
• paradoxical
• double-edged
• uncomplimentary
• spiteful
• vindictive
• cruel
• malevolent
• mean
• detractive
• red hot
• traducing
• vilifying
• ill-natured
• detractory
• vituperative
• calumniatory
• double dealing
• libellous
• faultfinding

  captious
• carping

  captious, faultfinding
• severe

  captious, faultfinding
• caviling

  faultfinding
• captious
• abusive
• insulting
• deceptive
• unscrupulous
• deceitful
• sneaky