traducer
Spreader of lies
A traducer is someone who speaks falsely and maliciously about another person, damaging their reputation.
The word carries a formal or literary tone and implies deliberate slander rather than casual gossip.
The senator dismissed his critics as traducers with political motives.
Unlike a mere gossip, a traducer specifically aims to defame or vilify their target through false statements.
One who slanders others
- libelerOne who publishes defamation
- smearerOne who vilifies
- calumniatorOne who spreads falsehoods
- vilifierOne who disparages
backbiter · mudslinger · scandalmonger · gossipmonger · denigrator · disparager · detractor · maligner
One who breaks allegiance
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- ratRodent or informer
- snitchOne who tells authorities
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
double-crosser · turncoat · Judas · quisling · fifth columnist · collaborator · perfidy · treachery
defamer
One who slanders others
- libelerOne who publishes defamation
- smearerOne who vilifies
- calumniatorOne who spreads falsehoods
vilifier · backbiter · mudslinger · scandalmonger · gossipmonger · denigrator · disparager · detractor · maligner · talebearer
betrayer
One who breaks allegiance
backstabber · double-crosser · turncoat · Judas · quisling · fifth columnist · collaborator · perfidy · treachery · disloyalty
- defamersdefamer, slanderer, libeler, calumniator, maligner
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder