lambasters
Those who berate
Lambasters are people who harshly criticize or berate others.
The word comes from lambaste, meaning to attack verbally or physically with force: The lambasters on social media piled on after his controversial statement.
Also spelled lambastersーboth forms are standard.
Those who evaluate work
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- attackersThose launching offensive action
- denouncersThose who condemn publicly
- censurersThose who blame harshly
faultfinders · condemners · castigators · excoriators · reproachers · disparagers · vilifiers · reviewers
Harshly criticizes aloud
- rebukersThose who censure others
- upbraidersThose who censure harshly
- haranguesBombastic critical speeches
- tiradesProlonged angry speeches
diatribes · rants · excoriation · dressing-down · reprimand · scolding · telling-off · earful
critics
Those who evaluate work
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- attackersThose launching offensive action
- denouncersThose who condemn publicly
censurers · faultfinders · condemners · castigators · excoriators · reproachers · disparagers · vilifiers · reviewers · pundits
scolds
Harshly criticizes aloud
- rebukersThose who censure others
- upbraidersThose who censure harshly
- haranguesBombastic critical speeches
tirades · diatribes · rants · excoriation · dressing-down · reprimand · scolding · telling-off · earful · broadside
beaters
Tools for mixing
strikers · clubbers · pummelers · batters · walloper · pounders · thumpers · smiters · scourgers · switchers
lambasterspraisers
Those who express approval
extollers · flatterers · complimenters · glorifiers · adulators
lambastersdefenders
Those who shield others
champions · apologists · vindicators · advocates · supporters