The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CATTY which also is the latest solution we found used in Modern Maturity in 2000.
Backbiting crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CATTY | 50 % | 5 |
| SCANDAL | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Backbiting
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bitch
- backstabbing
- gossiping
- gossip
- backbiters
- pettiness
- bickering
- gossipping
- mudslinging
- quarreling
- politicking
- gossipers
Crossword Answer definitions
CATTY adjective- (of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.
- Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
- A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CATTY
- __-cornered (diagonal)
- Into nasty gossip
- Deliberately hurtful
- Grimalkin-like
- Slyly spiteful
- Malicious, as a remark
- Spiteful
- Given to hissing and scratching?
- Slyly malicious
- Slyly cruel