trash talker
Insults the competition
A trash talker is someone who engages in boastful, insulting, or provocative speech, typically to intimidate opponents or get inside their heads.
Common in sports and gaming: He's the biggest trash talker in the league.
The practice can be playful banter among friends or genuinely hostile verbal aggression.
- smackStrike with open hand
- bragSpeak with excessive pride
- tauntInsulting provocation
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
- boasterOne who brags
loudmouth · insult · jeer · provocateur · mind games · showboat · swagger · diss · throwing shade · roast · banter · cheap shot · rival · cocky · arrogant · bluster · chest-thumping · mic drop
- talkerschatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth, loud mouth
- blabbermouthsblabbermouth, gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, talebearer
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- basketball playerscenter, point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward
- defamersdefamer, slanderer, libeler, calumniator, maligner
- wisecrackerssmart aleck, smartass, smartmouth, smartypants, wisecracker
trash talkergood sport
Person accepting outcomes cheerfully
sportsman · sportswoman · class act · gentleman · gentlewoman
trash talkerencourager
One who heartens others
cheerleader · supporter · complimenter · uplifter · peacemaker
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