All fretter synonyms
fret
F f noun fretter
- nitpicker β a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- faultfinder β a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- niggler β to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- doubter β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- complainant β A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- quibbler β an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- caviler β a person who cavils
- censor β If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- complainer β A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- carper β to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
- zapper β to kill or shoot.
- maligner β to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- muckraker β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- defame β If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
- disparager β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- slanderer β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- worrier β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- nagger β nag1 (def 5).
- vilification β to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- censurer β strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- hypercritic β a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- pan β an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- reviler β to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- sidewalk superintendent β a bystander who watches the building, demolition, repair, or other work being done at a construction site.
- criticizer β to censure or find fault with.
- detractor β The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- attacker β You can refer to a person who attacks someone as their attacker.
- defamer β One who defames.
- disapprover β One who disapproves.
- disputer β One who disputes.
- critic β A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
- backseat driver β If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
- aristarch β a severe critic.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.