disparager

  • 11disparage — transitive verb ( aged; aging) Etymology: Middle English, to degrade by marriage below one s class, disparage, from Anglo French desparager to marry below one s class, from des dis + parage equality, lineage, from per peer Date: 14th century 1.… …

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  • 12critic — Synonyms and related words: advertising writer, aficionado, allegorist, amateur, annalist, annotator, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, art critic, author, authoress, authority, belittler, belletrist, bibliographer, bon vivant,… …

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  • 13cynic — Synonyms and related words: Cassandra, Eeyore, Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calamity howler, calumniator, caustic critic, debunker, decrier, defamer, defeatist, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, killjoy,… …

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  • 14debunker — Synonyms and related words: Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calumniator, caustic critic, cynic, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, libeler, muckraker, mudslinger, railer, slanderer,… …

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  • 15hatchet man — Synonyms and related words: Cain, Thersites, apache, assassin, assassinator, backbiter, battler, belittler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, brawler, bruiser, bully, bullyboy, burker, butcher, button… …

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  • 16knocker — Synonyms and related words: Thersites, backbiter, bag, belittler, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, calumniator, carper, caustic critic, caviler, chest, criticizer, crop, cynic, debunker, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator,… …

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  • 17muckraker — Synonyms and related words: Thersites, annotator, backbiter, belittler, calumniator, captious critic, carper, caustic critic, caviler, censor, censurer, cognoscente, commentator, commenter, connoisseur, critic, criticaster, criticizer, critickin …

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  • 18mudslinger — Synonyms and related words: Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calumniator, caustic critic, cynic, debunker, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, libeler, muckraker, railer, slanderer,… …

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  • 19slanderer — Synonyms and related words: Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calumniator, caustic critic, cynic, debunker, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, libeler, muckraker, mudslinger, railer,… …

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  • 20critic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. judge, connoisseur, expert, reviewer, commentator; censor, censurer. See detraction, taste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who makes adverse comments] Syn. faultfinder, carper, caviler, censor, censurer,… …

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