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Disparager

One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

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Backbiter 76% connected

One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

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Defamer 76% connected

One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

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Libeler 76% connected

One who libels.

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Maligner 76% connected

One who maligns.

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Slanderer 76% connected

One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.

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Traducer 76% connected

One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.

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Vilifier 76% connected

One who vilifies or defames.

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Cynic 76% connected

Alt. of Cynical

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Depreciator 92% connected

One who depreciates.

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Knocker 92% connected

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

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