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slanderer
[slan-der] 
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critic
[krit-ik]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faultfinder, detractor |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Antonyms: | complimenter, praiser |
| Main Entry: | niggler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, nitpicker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Main Entry: | nitpicker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, niggler, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Main Entry: | quibbler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, niggler, nit-picker, nitpicker, panner, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
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| Concept: | Enemy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society.
-phrases
every hand being against one; "he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson].
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| Antonyms: | friend |
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