backbiting (?.)
- abuse
- animadversion
- backstabbing
- belittlement
- calumnious
- calumny
- defamation
- defamatory
- depreciation
- detracting
- disparagement
- invective
- maligning
- obloquy
- reflection
- scandal
- scandalous
- slander
- slanderous
- stricture
- tale
- vilifying
- vituperation