BACKBITE

Infinitif: BACKBITE
Present participle: BACKBITING
Preterite: BACKBIT
Past participle: BACKBITTEN

Description: To speak badly of an absent individual or when out of earshot.

Main forms

Present

Simple Present

Ibackbite

Youbackbite

He, She, Itbackbites

Webackbite

Youbackbite

Theybackbite

Present continuous

I am backbiting

You are backbiting

He, She, It is backbiting

We are backbiting

You are backbiting

They are backbiting

Past

Preterite

Ibackbit

Youbackbit

He, She, Itbackbit

Webackbit

Youbackbit

Theybackbit

Past continuous

I was backbiting

You were backbiting

He, She, It was backbiting

We were backbiting

You were backbiting

They were backbiting

All the forms

Indicative

Simple Present

Ibackbite

Youbackbite

He, She, Itbackbites

Webackbite

Youbackbite

Theybackbite

Present continuous

I am backbiting

You are backbiting

He, She, It is backbiting

We are backbiting

You are backbiting

They are backbiting

Preterite

Ibackbit

Youbackbit

He, She, Itbackbit

Webackbit

Youbackbit

Theybackbit

Past continuous

I was backbiting

You were backbiting

He, She, It was backbiting

We were backbiting

You were backbiting

They were 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 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

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

Conditional present

I would backbite

You would backbite

He, She, It would backbite

We would backbite

You would backbite

They would backbite

Conditional present progressive

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

Conditional 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

Conditional perfect progressive

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

Subjective

Present subjunctive

Ibackbite

Youbackbite

He, She, Itbackbite

Webackbite

Youbackbite

Theybackbite

Past subjunctive

Ibackbit

Youbackbit

He, She, Itbackbit

Webackbit

Youbackbit

Theybackbit

Past perfect subjunctive

I had backbitten

You had backbitten

He, She, It had backbitten

We had backbitten

You had backbitten

They had backbitten

Imperative

Imperative

(You) backbite

(We) Let's backbite

(You) backbite