faultfinder
[ fawlt-fahyn-der ]
noun
a person who habitually findsfault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
Origin of faultfinder
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How to use faultfinder in a sentence
I want to know what the fault-finder lays to your charge, what solemn admonition has called up the roses on those fair cheeks!
The Haunted Room | A. L. O. E.But he was a born fault-finder, a born idler, insolent and quarrelsome.
A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. CrockettThere was something about his bearing that became a prince or president, and always made a fault finder feel small and inadequate.
The City of Fire | Grace Livingston HillSo they were well satisfied to find him worthy of punishment, and render the troublesome fault-finder forever harmless.
A Conspiracy of the Carbonari | Louise MhlbachSoaking through this, the water escaped by the break in the strata at the arch of the Fault Finder.
Tales of the Chesapeake | George Alfred Townsend
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