| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers | | Section IV. Moral Affections | | 2. Moral Sentiments |
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| 936. Detractor. |
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| NOUN: | DETRACTOR, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur [F.], barracker [dial. Eng. & Austral.].
defamer, knocker [colloq., U. S.], backbiter, slanderer, Sir Benjamin Backbite, lampooner, satirist, traducer, libeler, calumniator, dearest foe, Thersites; Zoilus; good-natured friend [satirical]; reviler, vituperator, castigator; shrew [See Irascibility]; muckraker.
DISAPPROVER, laudator temporis acti [Horace].
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| ADJECTIVE: | black-mouthed, abusive [See Detraction].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - You know who the critics are?—the men who have failed in literature and art.—Disraeli
- Oh, you chorus of indolent reviewers!—Tennyson
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