detractor

noun

detractor

noun

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

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.2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph:

Synonyms: backbiter, belittler, calumniator, defamer, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, knocker, muckraker, mudslinger, traducer, vilifier
Antonyms: adherent, proponant, supporter
Derived terms: detractress, race detractor
Related terms: defame, defamatory, slander
Hypernyms: bully, critic, cynic, defiler, enemy, opponent, person
Hyponyms: falsifier, libeler, slanderer, troll, debunker, decrier, denouncer

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