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.
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Detractor
Synonyms for "detractor" (24 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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Related words (12)
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35 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- злословник noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 毀謗者 /毁谤者 noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- 詆毀者 /诋毁者 noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- 誹謗者 /诽谤者 noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- 貶毀者 /贬毁者 noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Czech
1 entries- odpůrce noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Danish
3 entries- bagvasker noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- kritiker noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- nedrakker noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Dutch
1 entries- kritikaster noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Finnish
1 entries- vähättelijä noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
French
2 entries- détracteur noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- détracteuse noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
German
4 entries- Lästerer noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- Lästermaul noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- Spötter noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- Verleumder noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Greek
1 entries- δυσφημιστής noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Irish
1 entries- cáinteoir noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Japanese
2 entries- 中傷する人 noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- 誹謗する人 noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Kazakh
4 entries- даттаушы noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- жалақор noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- ғайбатшы noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- өсекші noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Latin
1 entries- dētractor noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Persian
2 entries- بدگو noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- عیبجو noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Russian
4 entries- клеветни́к noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- клеветни́ца noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- очерни́тель noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- очерни́тельница noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Spanish
2 entries- detractor noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
- detraedor noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
Swedish
1 entries- belackare noun (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause)
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