trash-talker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash-talker
Noun
  • The worst can turn a whole auditorium into hecklers, united in their disdain.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
  • Other members of the crowd started booing and then drowned out the heckler with applause before Zverev began his post-match speech.
    Ben Church, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Outside of the juggernaut that is the Oklahoma City Thunder as well as the Denver Nuggets, a long-time tormentor, the Lakers have fared well against the rest of the conference over the past two seasons.
    Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The house thrums with a palpable evil that infects its inhabitants, not only tormenting them but turning them into tormentors.
    Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.
    Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
Noun
  • The image teases both the film’s narrative developments and its jagged formal approach, as the director (who shares editing duties with both co-writer Karen Plata and DP Odei Zabaleta) aims to structurally replicate the non-linear disorder and occasional blind spots of ruptured childhood memories.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Unsurprisingly, Ben Mendelsohn's return as Orson Krennic and his Death Star project also steal the spotlight for a few seconds in this preview; his appearance was a given after the final tease of season 1.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Trash-talker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trash-talker. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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