backbitten

No worse than they are backbitten, sir; for they have marvellous foul linen.

The second part of King Henry the Fourth 2004

Reply Obj. 3: The profit one derives from being backbitten is due, not to the intention of the backbiter, but to the ordinance of God

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

Reply Obj. 1: No man hears himself backbitten, because when a man is spoken evil of in his hearing, it is not backbiting, properly speaking, but reviling, as stated above (A. 1, ad 2).

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

Now backbiting is often profitable to those who are backbitten: for

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

I overheard the aide-de-camp say; "he is a backbiting sneak, and I tell you again he's backbitten nobody more than he has you!"

The Cavalier George Washington Cable 1884

At last the old parsonage is quite bare and deserted, though our successors, box and baggage, have moved in upon us, much to the annoyance of the females, who see with jealousy that the new arrival gets the lion's share of attention, and that Brother Tipp, whose class-book we took from him, and who has backbitten us ever since, is courteous as a dancing-master with our rival.

Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877

General Ople was the hero to champion a lady whose airs of haughtiness caused her to be somewhat backbitten.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

General Ople was the hero to champion a lady whose airs of haughtiness caused her to be somewhat backbitten.

Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

General Ople was the hero to champion a lady whose airs of haughtiness caused her to be somewhat backbitten.

Case of General Ople George Meredith 1868

"I," exclaimed Alley, "am not to be insulted and calumnied, ay, an 'backbitten before my own face, Misther Doran, and take my word you'll hear of this to your cost -- I've a faction."

The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831