Backbiting vs. Mien — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Backbiting and Mien
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Backbiting
Backbiting or tale-bearing is to slander someone in their absence — to bite them behind their back. Originally, backbiting referred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbaiting.
Mien
Another term for Yao
Backbiting
To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).
Mien
A Hmong-Mien language spoken by many subgroups of the Yao of China.
Backbiting
To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.
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Mien
Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind
A colonel with an imperious mien.
Backbiting
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
Mien
An appearance or aspect. "Eyes fixed in a piercing squint ... his was a mien that made an easy target for political cartoonists" (Nick Kotz).
Backbiting
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
Mien
Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
Backbiting
Present participle of backbite
Mien
(countable) A specific facial expression.
Backbiting
Secret slander; detraction.
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness.
Mien
Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,As, to be hated, needs but to be seen.
Mien
Dignified manner or conduct
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