| Main Entry: | detractor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derogator |
Synonyms: |
censor, critic, defamer, depreciator |
| Concept: | Detractor. |
| Category: | 2. Moral sentiments |
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-nouns
detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur; barracker., defamer, backbiter, slanderer, Sir Benjamin Backbite, lampooner, satirist, traducer, libeler, caluminiator, dawplucker, Thersites; Zoilus; good-natured friend [satirically]; reviler, vituperator, castigator; shrew; muckraker., disapprover, laudator temporis acti [Horace].
-adjectives
black-mouthed, abusive [more].
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| Main Entry: | cynic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Notes: | cynics doubt because they question motives (Cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from Greek cyniko 'doglike'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read |
Antonyms: |
believer, optimist |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
Synonyms: |
adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
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aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | shrew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mean lady |
Synonyms: |
amazon, backbiter, battle-ax, biddy, bitch, calumniator, carper, detractor, dragon, fire-eater, fishwife, fury, harpy, harridan, hell cat, hellion, hussy, madcap, muckraker, nag, ogress, old biddy, porcupine, reviler, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, siren, spitfire, termagant, tigress, virago, vituperator, vixen, wench |
| Main Entry: | misanthropist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cynic |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Concept: | Enemy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society.
-phrases
every hand being against one; "he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson].
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Antonyms: |
friend |
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