One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
synonyms: depreciator, disparager, knocker.
Roget 936:
detractor,
reprover;
censor,
censurer;
cynic,
critic,
caviler,
carper,
word-catcher,
frondeur;
barracker†.
defamer,
backbiter,
slanderer,
Sir Benjamin Backbite,
lampooner,
satirist,
traducer,
libeler,
calumniator,
dawplucker†,
Thersites†;
Zoilus;
good-natured friend [Iron.];
reviler,
vituperator,
castigator;
shrew
etc.
901;
muckraker.
disapprover,
laudator temporis acti [Lat.]
[Horace].
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Roget 934:
detraction,
disparagement,
depreciation,
vilification,
obloquy,
scurrility,
scandal,
defamation,
aspersion,
traducement,
slander,
calumny,
obtrectation†,
evil-speaking,
backbiting,
scandalum magnatum [Lat.].
personality,
libel,
lampoon,
skit,
pasquinade;
chronique scandaleuse [Fr.];
roorback [U.S.].
sarcasm,
cynicism;
criticism
(disapprobation)
932;
invective
etc.
932;
envenomed tongue;
spretae injuria formae [Lat.].
personality,
libel,
lampoon,
skit,
pasquinade;
chronique scandaleuse [Fr.];
roorback [U.S.].
detractor
etc.
936.
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Dutch: lasteraar