Synonyms for slanderer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : slan-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈslæn dər |
Top 10 synonyms for slanderer Other synonyms for the word slanderer
- archenemy
- aristarch
- asperser
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- backbiter
- backseat driver
- bad person
- belittler
- betrayer
- blamer
- calumniator
- carper
- caviler
- censor
- censurer
- complainant
- complainer
- contender
- criticizer
- defamer
- defiler
- disapprover
- disparager
- disputant
- disputer
- doubter
- emulator
- falsifier
- faultfinder
- fifth column
- fretter
- hypercritic
- informer
- inquisitor
- maligner
- muckraker
- mud-slinger
- murderer
- nagger
- niggler
- nit-picker
- nitpicker
- opponent
- opposition
- other side
- panner
- prosecutor
- quibbler
- rebel
- reviler
- revolutionary
- rival
- saboteur
- scolder
- seditionist
- sidewalk superintendent
- slanderer
- spy
- terrorist
- traducer
- traitor
- vilifier
- villain
- worrier
- zapper
Définition of slanderer
Origin :- late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c.1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration ("with interloping l" [Century Dictionary]) of escandle, escandre "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). From late 14c. as "bad situation, evil action; a person causing such a state of affairs."
- As in niggler : noun critic
- As in nitpicker : noun critic
- As in quibbler : noun critic
- As in critic : noun faultfinder, detractor
- As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
- Thanks to you, this enemy of civil society, this slanderer of women, is down.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- That she who set285 out to destroy her slanderer should become his slave!
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- If the slanderer will stand forth and avow himself, I may know how to deal with him.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- Burnet was a 'gossiper, slanderer, and notorious falsifier of facts.'
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
- The groomsmen are denouncing him, as he deserves to be, as a slanderer and recreant.
- Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
- A thief, debtor, slanderer, or defamer may become the slave of the one he has wronged.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- If it were not true, he said, the slanderer should be dismissed from the Cabinet.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln » by William Eleroy Curtis
- This did she, and for this I spared not only her life, but the life of her slanderer, Pastor Rad.
- Extract from : « The Mercenary » by W. J. Eccott
- The Devildiabolos the slanderer and the sunderer, the principle of divisionreigns.
- Extract from : « The Drama of Love and Death » by Edward Carpenter
- And yet am I not a falsifier and a slanderer of the deepest dye?
- Extract from : « A Defence of Virginia » by Robert L. Dabney
Antonyms for slanderer
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