noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who finds fault
2. 2
   someone who is critical of the motives of others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

More examples

"Other people's faultfinder will one day be your faultfinder."

Etymology

From fault + finder.

Related phrases

find fault

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