Backbiting is a form of verbal ABUSE that involves speaking negatively about someone behind their back. The crossword solutions for the term backbite include ABUSE (5 letters), BELITTLE (8 letters), MALIGN (6 letters), MISTREAT (8 letters), SLANDER (7 letters), and DEFAME (6 letters). All of these words refer to different forms of verbal ABUSE, such as belittling someone, maligning their character, mistreating them, or slandering and defaming them.