"detractor" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-detractor.wav [US] Forms: detractors [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English detractor, dectractour, from Anglo-Norman detractour, from Old French detractor. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|detractor}} Middle English detractor, {{m|enm|dectractour}} dectractour, {{der|en|xno|detractour}} Anglo-Norman detractour, {{der|en|fro|detractor}} Old French detractor Head templates: {{en-noun}} detractor (plural detractors)
  1. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause. Categories (topical): People Hypernyms: bully, critic, cynic, defiler, enemy, opponent, person Hyponyms: falsifier, libeler, slanderer, troll [Internet], debunker, decrier, denouncer Derived forms: race detractor Related terms: defame, defamatory, slander Translations (a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause): злословник (zloslovnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), odpůrce [masculine] (Czech), kritikaster [masculine] (Dutch), vähättelijä (Finnish), détracteur [masculine] (French), détracteuse [feminine] (French), Lästerer [masculine] (German), Verleumder [masculine] (German), Lästermaul [neuter] (German), Spötter [masculine] (German), δυσφημιστής (dysfimistís) [masculine] (Greek), cáinteoir [masculine] (Irish), dētractor [masculine] (Latin), بدگو (bad-gu) (Persian), عیبجو ('eyb-ju) (Persian), клеветни́к (klevetník) [masculine] (Russian), клеветни́ца (klevetníca) [feminine] (Russian), очерни́тель (očernítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), очерни́тельница (očernítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), belackare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cáinteoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dētractor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bad-gu",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "word": "بدگو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'eyb-ju",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "word": "عیبجو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klevetník",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "клеветни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klevetníca",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клеветни́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očernítelʹ",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "очерни́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očernítelʹnica",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "очерни́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "belackare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detractor"
}

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