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Definition of Faultfinder
1. Noun. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Specialized synonyms: Depreciator, Detractor, Disparager, Knocker
Derivative terms: Cynical, Find Fault
Definition of Faultfinder
1. n. One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
Definition of Faultfinder
1. Noun. A person who finds fault ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faultfinder
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faultfinder
Literary usage of Faultfinder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fourth School Reader by D. Fellowes (1857)
"MRS faultfinder. CHILD. MRS. CHARITY. — How do yon like our minister, Mrs. Sense ?
MRS. ... faultfinder.—Good morning, ladies! Isn't this horrible weather, ..."
2. New York Education: Devoted to New York State Educational Work and Interests (1901)
"The faultfinder calls attention to the error, real or supposed, ... The friendly
critic should be encouraged, but the faultfinder has no right to a place in ..."
3. Sobriquets and Nicknames by Albert Romer Frey (1887)
"Tadler, Der, ie, THE faultfinder. A nickname given to Johann Christoph Gottsched.
He did much to make the German language the vehicle of instruction ..."
4. Psalms of the Social Life by Cleland Boyd McAfee (1916)
"Becoming a .croaker and faultfinder is painfully easy and painfully common, ...
Always one must pass through a. period of seeming to be a mere faultfinder, ..."
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