🔄 Synonyms of "Maligner"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| traducernoun | One who traduces; one who maligns another by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. |
| backbiternoun | A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing. |
| slanderernoun | One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person. |
| libelernoun | One who libels. |
| defamernoun | One who defames. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| defamernoun | One who defames. |
| libelernoun | One who libels. |
| traducernoun | One who traduces; one who maligns another by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. |
| slanderernoun | One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person. |
| backbiternoun | A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing. |
| malignmentnoun | The act of maligning something. |
| malignancynoun | A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign. |
| misalignernoun | One who misaligns something. |
| maltalentnoun | (obsolete) Ill will; malice, malevolence. |
| maltreaternoun | One who maltreats someone or something. |
| malingerernoun | A person who malingers. |
| manglernoun | One who mangles or mutilates. |
| smearernoun | Someone who smears. |
| traductionnoun | (uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another. |
| maltreatornoun | Alternative form of maltreater. [One who maltreats someone or something.] |
| famacidenoun | A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation |
| malintentnoun | Malicious intent. |
| maldispositionnoun | A slant in an individual or a group, intellectualized humour, bad temper directed against someone or something |
| miscallernoun | One who calls something by the wrong name. |
| mischief-makernoun | A person who makes mischief. |
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