All muckraker synonyms

noun muckraker

• harpy — Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
• madcap — wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
• termagant — a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
• backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
• porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
• she-devil — a woman who resembles a devil, as in extreme wickedness, cruelty, or bad temper.
• tigress — a female tiger.
• amazon — In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a tribe of women who were very good at fighting.
• spitfire — a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
• ogress — a roundel sable.
• fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
• dragon — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
• fishwife — a woman who sells fish.
• nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
• faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
• niggler — to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
• doubter — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
• complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
• quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
• caviler — a person who cavils
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
• carper — to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
• zapper — to kill or shoot.
• maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
• defame — If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
• disparager — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• slanderer — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
• worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• nagger — nag1 (def 5).
• vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
• wench — a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
• fury — unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.
• siren — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
• hussy — a brazen or immoral woman.
• bitch — If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
• hellion — a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
• detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
• vixen — a female fox.
• virago — a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
• nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• battle-ax — a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
• biddy — If someone describes an old woman as an old biddy, they are saying in an unkind way that they think she is silly or unpleasant.
• harridan — a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
• calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
• she-wolf — a female wolf.