maligner

Other forms: maligners

Definitions of maligner
  1. noun
    one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
    synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, slanderer, traducer, vilifier
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    type of:
    depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker
    one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
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