Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb backbite
1 sense of backbite
Sense 1
backbite, bitch -- (say mean things)
=> complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch -- (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")