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Definition of Detractor
1. Noun. One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
Generic synonyms: Cynic, Faultfinder
Specialized synonyms: Backbiter, Defamer, Libeler, Maligner, Slanderer, Traducer, Vilifier, Hatemonger, Muckraker, Mudslinger
Derivative terms: Depreciate, Detract, Disparage
Definition of Detractor
1. n. One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
Definition of Detractor
1. Noun. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detractor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detractor
Literary usage of Detractor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Does the listener sin grievously who endures a detractor ? R. According to the
Apostle : " They are worthy of death, not only who do (what is sinful), ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Does the listener sin grievously who endures a detractor ? R. According to the
Apostle : " They are worthy of death, not only who do (what is sinful), ..."
3. The Club: Or, A Gray Cap for a Green Head. A Dialogue Between a Father and Son by James Puckle, John Thurston (1834)
"A SPLENETIC detractor, excellent ;1t misrepresenting, misunderstanding, and
misinterpreting his neighbour's thoughts, words, and actions, dealt much in ..."
4. Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political by Owen Felltham (1840)
"To over-commend a man, I know is not good: but the detractor wounds three, with
the one arrow of his viperous tongue. Indeed it is hard to speak a man true, ..."
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