Usually means: Incompetent critic with pretentious judgments.
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  1. criticaster: Merriam-Webster
  2. criticaster: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. criticaster: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. criticaster: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. criticaster: Wiktionary
  7. criticaster: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Criticaster: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Criticaster: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. criticaster: FreeDictionary.org
  13. criticaster: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  1. CRITICASTER: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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  1. criticaster: A Word A Day
  2. criticaster: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A petty or charlatan critic.

Similar:
criticizer, critic, critique, book-answerer, politicaster, reviewer, critiquer, armchair critic, oblocutor, criticiser, more...

Opposite:
praise, admirer, applauder, complimenter

Types:
cynic, naysayer, pessimist, skeptic, contrarian, more...

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Similar:
criticizer, critic, critique, book-answerer, politicaster, reviewer, critiquer, armchair critic, oblocutor, criticiser, more...

Opposite:
praise, admirer, applauder, complimenter

Types:
cynic, naysayer, pessimist, skeptic, contrarian, more...



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