calumniator

NOUN

enemy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adversary agent antagonist attacker bandit competitor criminal detractor foe guerrilla invader murderer opponent opposition prosecutor rebel rival spy terrorist traitor villain

STRONG

assailant assassin backbiter betrayer contender defamer defiler disputant emulator falsifier informer inquisitor revolutionary saboteur slanderer traducer vilifier

WEAK

archenemy asperser bad person fifth column other side seditionist

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ally associate friend helper law police supporter

WEAK

aide assistant confidante

NOUN

shrew

Synonyms

STRONG

backbiter battle-ax bitch carper detractor dragon fire-eater fishwife fury harpy harridan hellion muckraker nag ogress porcupine scold she-devil spitfire termagant tigress virago vixen

WEAK

hell cat reviler she-wolf vituperator

Example Sentences

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Hot-blooded, he called his assailant "a veritable calumniator ... an infantile mind."

From Time Magazine Archive

One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Do not listen, ladies, to this vile calumniator.

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna

A calumniator was marched round the city in disgrace, crowned with tamarisk.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various

If God should call him off, the calumniator will escape a very serious action in this world.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William

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