noun
- a person who expresses disapproval or criticism of someone or something
Usage: formal or literary
Examples
- The dispraisers of the new policy voiced their concerns at the town meeting.
- Despite being a dispraiser of modern art, he attended the gallery opening.
- She was known as a dispraiser of superficial trends in fashion.
- The dispraisers of the proposal argued it would harm the community.
- Even the harshest dispraisers acknowledged some merit in the plan.