To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
Infinitivebackbite
Past simplebackbit
Past participlebackbitten
-ing formbackbiting
Full conjugation of the English verb to backbite (past simple backbit,
past participle backbitten):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
backbite
you
backbite
he/she/it
backbites
we
backbite
you
backbite
they
backbite
Present continuous
I
am backbiting
you
are backbiting
he/she/it
is backbiting
we
are backbiting
you
are backbiting
they
are backbiting
Present perfect
I
have backbitten
you
have backbitten
he/she/it
has backbitten
we
have backbitten
you
have backbitten
they
have backbitten
Present perfect continuous
I
have been backbiting
you
have been backbiting
he/she/it
has been backbiting
we
have been backbiting
you
have been backbiting
they
have been backbiting
Past simple
I
backbit
you
backbit
he/she/it
backbit
we
backbit
you
backbit
they
backbit
Past continuous
I
was backbiting
you
were backbiting
he/she/it
was backbiting
we
were backbiting
you
were backbiting
they
were backbiting
Past perfect
I
had backbitten
you
had backbitten
he/she/it
had backbitten
we
had backbitten
you
had backbitten
they
had backbitten
Past perfect continuous
I
had been backbiting
you
had been backbiting
he/she/it
had been backbiting
we
had been backbiting
you
had been backbiting
they
had been backbiting
Future simple
I
will backbite
you
will backbite
he/she/it
will backbite
we
will backbite
you
will backbite
they
will backbite
Future continuous
I
will be backbiting
you
will be backbiting
he/she/it
will be backbiting
we
will be backbiting
you
will be backbiting
they
will be backbiting
Future perfect
I
will have backbitten
you
will have backbitten
he/she/it
will have backbitten
we
will have backbitten
you
will have backbitten
they
will have backbitten
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been backbiting
you
will have been backbiting
he/she/it
will have been backbiting
we
will have been backbiting
you
will have been backbiting
they
will have been backbiting
Conditional
Present
I
would backbite
you
would backbite
he/she/it
would backbite
we
would backbite
you
would backbite
they
would backbite
Present continuous
I
would be backbiting
you
would be backbiting
he/she/it
would be backbiting
we
would be backbiting
you
would be backbiting
they
would be backbiting
Perfect
I
would have backbitten
you
would have backbitten
he/she/it
would have backbitten
we
would have backbitten
you
would have backbitten
they
would have backbitten
Perfect continuous
I
would have been backbiting
you
would have been backbiting
he/she/it
would have been backbiting
we
would have been backbiting
you
would have been backbiting
they
would have been backbiting
Subjunctive
Present
that I
backbite
that you
backbite
that he/she/it
backbite
that we
backbite
that you
backbite
that they
backbite
Past
if I
backbit
if you
backbit
if he/she/it
backbit
if we
backbit
if you
backbit
if they
backbit
Imperative
Affirmative
you
backbite
we
let's backbite
Negative
you
don't backbite
we
let's not backbite
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to backbite
Perfect infinitive
to have backbitten
Present participle / gerund
backbiting
Past participle
backbitten
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