vilifiers
Those who defame
Vilifiers are people who speak ill of others, attacking their character or reputation.
The word carries a sense of sustained or malicious criticism rather than casual complaint: His vilifiers spread rumors throughout the campaign.
Someone who vilifies engages in defamation or slander, making vilifier a somewhat formal term for a dedicated detractor.
Those who damage reputations
- slanderersThose who defame others
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- criticsThose who evaluate work
- attackersThose launching offensive action
denouncers · accusers · disparagers · mudslinger · bashers · haters · naysayers · condemners
Spreaders of biased messaging
- attack adsNegative campaign commercials
- mudslingingMalicious personal attacks
- character assassinationDestroying someone's good name
- whistleblowersThose exposing organizational misconduct
leakers · expose · muckrakers · rivals · opponents · pundits · commentators · editorialists
Those reviling the divine
- hereticsRejectors of official doctrine
- apostatesThose who abandon belief
- persecutorsThose who cruelly harass
- mockersThose who taunt
scoffers · iconoclasts · desecrators · infidels · denouncers · inquisitors · condemners · zealots
Deliberate online agitators
- cyberbulliesDigital harassment perpetrators
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- hatersThose who loathe
- flamersOnline hostile posters
doxxers · pile-on · brigading · keyboard warriors · dogpiling · ratio · dragging · callout culture
defamers
Those who damage reputations
- slanderersThose who defame others
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- criticsThose who evaluate work
attackers · denouncers · accusers · disparagers · mudslinger · bashers · haters · naysayers · condemners · censurers
propagandists
Spreaders of biased messaging
- attack adsNegative campaign commercials
- mudslingingMalicious personal attacks
- character assassinationDestroying someone's good name
whistleblowers · leakers · expose · muckrakers · rivals · opponents · pundits · commentators · editorialists · spin doctors
blasphemers
Those reviling the divine
- hereticsRejectors of official doctrine
- apostatesThose who abandon belief
- persecutorsThose who cruelly harass
mockers · scoffers · iconoclasts · desecrators · infidels · denouncers · inquisitors · condemners · zealots · fundamentalists
trolls
Deliberate online agitators
- cyberbulliesDigital harassment perpetrators
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- hatersThose who loathe
flamers · doxxers · pile-on · brigading · keyboard warriors · dogpiling · ratio · dragging · callout culture · mob mentality
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
vilifiersdefenders
Those who shield others
supporters · champions · advocates · apologists · protectors
vilifiersglorifiers
Those who praise highly
praisers · exalters · extollers · idolizers · flatterers
vilifiersvindicators
Those who prove innocence
rehabilitators · whitewashers · sanitizers · spin doctors · publicists