Detractor

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

    "Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan."

  2. 2
    one who disparages or belittles the worth of something wordnet

Synonyms

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depreciatordisparagerknockerdefamermudslingerbackbiter

Example

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"Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan."

Etymology

From Middle English detractor, dectractour, from Anglo-Norman detractour, from Old French detractor.

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