To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
To speak badly of an absent individual.
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
To treat (someone) in a slighting manner.
To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.
To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.