detractor
Roget category 936
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.2. Moral sentiments
#936.
Detractor
noun
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].
adjective
black-mouthed,
abusive
etc.
934.
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