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muckraker

[muhk-reyk-er] / ˈmʌkˌreɪk ər /
NOUN
critic
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter maligner nagger quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
Antonyms
WEAK
complimenter praiser
NOUN
niggler
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner nagger nitpicker quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
nitpicker
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner nagger niggler quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
quibbler
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner nagger niggler nitpicker scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger nit-picker panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
shrew
Synonyms
STRONG
backbiter battle-ax bitch carper detractor dragon fire-eater fishwife fury harpy harridan hellion nag ogress porcupine scold she-devil spitfire termagant tigress virago vixen
WEAK
calumniator hell cat reviler she-wolf vituperator

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We’ve seen that already in this trial with the testimony of Daniels and David Pecker, the louche tabloid muckraker who described the “catch and kill” scheme.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

I suspect future culture historians will view "Soylent Green" in the same manner that they today regard the 1906 novel "The Jungle" by progressive muckraker Upton Sinclair.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

Ida Tarbell, a pioneering muckraker turned Lincoln biographer, believed they were real.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

Please look up the historical meaning of "muckraker".

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018

By age twelve, I was a devotee of the political columnist Mary McGrory and the muckraker Jack Anderson.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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