back-biting



abusive, belittling, bitchy, catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, defamatory, deprecatory, derisive, derogative, derogatory, disparaging, libellous, pejorative,

   homosexuality - bisexuality, exhibitionism, fetishism, heterosexuality, incest, incestuousness, lesbianism, masochism, narcissism, necrophilia, paedophilia, sadism, sadomasochism, sexual inversion, sexual normality,

   button-down - conventional, orthodox, square, straight ,

   snappiness - air speed, bite, celerity, dispatch, expedition, flight, flit, flurry, ginger, guts, haste, hurry, kick, knot, liveliness,

   annular muscle - areola, aureole, circle, circuit, circumference, circus, corona, coronet, crown, cycle, diadem, discus, disk, garland, glory,

   foreseen - anticipated, awaited, due, expected, forecast, foreknown, foreseeable, foretold, hoped-for, imminent, in prospect, in view, long-expected, on the horizon, overdue,

   depth of misery - agony, anguish, bale, bitterness, bleeding heart, broken heart, depression, desolation, despair, extremity, grief, heartache, heavy heart, infelicity, melancholia,

   absent - absconded, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, away, bemused, castle-building, daydreaming, deficient, deleted, departed, disappeared, distrait, dreaming, dreamy,

   irksome - aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, boring, bothering, bothersome, burdensome, chafing, crushing, disturbing, drudging, dull, exasperating, exhausting,

   give publicity - advertise, ballyhoo, bark, beat the drum, bill, boost, build up, establish, placard, plug, post, promote, publicize, puff, sell,

   confutation - answer, antagonism, antipathy, backlash, collision, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, counter-claim, defence, demolition, denial, dissent, friction, interference,