A person who speaks maliciously about others is called?

• A. Backbiter
• B. Fortunato
• C. Predicament
• D. Spotted Skin

Answer: (A)

Speaking maliciously about others behind their backs is called backbiting, and a person who does this is a backbiter. The act involves saying unkind or harmful things about someone who isn’t present to defend themselves, often to hurt that person’s reputation or feelings. Among the options, backbiter is the only term that names the person who performs the action. The others don’t fit because they’re not terms for someone who speaks ill of others (one is just a name, one means a difficult situation, and one is not a standard word).