faultfinder

[fawlt-fahyn-der]

noun

a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.

Origin of faultfinder

First recorded in 1555–65; fault + finder

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Examples from the Web for fault-finder

Historical Examples of fault-finder

This God of his is the fault-finder of eternity, the miser of paradise.
En Route
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
"I'm afraid you're a bit of a fault-finder," said Mrs. Hatchard, shaking her head at him.
Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection)
W.W. Jacobs
Find faulte is rather a loss: it is better than 'fault-finder.'
Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets
Various
She is that most hopeless of fault-finders,—a fault-finder from principle.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865
Various
A critic is not a fault-finder, necessarily; you are very plain.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline
Jennie M. Drinkwater