lightning rod
shamer
jeerleader
sniper
hater
crazymaking
jealousy
pull up
crabber
countercriticize
look who's talking
some people
assailant
judge
bozo eruption
gadfly
confront
gibbet
affronter
jeerer
bug
flouter
face
affrontee
cut someone cold
mocker
scoffer
present
prey
wag a finger
what, me worry
target
quarry
fair game
disgrace
peanut gallery
really
cut
negativist
fault
Aunt Sally
snubbish
scapegoat
critic
figure of fun
blameshifting
knocker
perfectionist
gainsayer
protest too much
get stuck into
clutch one's pearls
the devil is a liar
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
butt
victim
frown on
dispraise
disinformant
disinformer
raise someone's hackles
sacred cow
get someone's back up
trash out
disappointment
blame game
rub up the wrong way
rubbisher
strong-arm
lulzfag
limelighter
one to talk
personal attack
slater
snitch-jacket
draw fire
bullshittee
point the finger at
run down
ridicule
byword
abhorrence
throw under the bus
Monday-morning quarterback
hummer
persecutor
alarmist
Debbie Downer
detester
cast something in someone's teeth
rain on someone's parade
scapegoating
faultfinder
underhanded
cynic
kibitzer
piss on someone's bonfire
snubbish
underhanded
lightning rod
shamer
jeerleader
sniper
hater
crazymaking
jealousy
crabber
assailant
bozo eruption
gadfly
affronter
jeerer
flouter
affrontee
mocker
scoffer
prey
target
quarry
fair game
peanut gallery
negativist
critic
figure of fun
blameshifting
knocker
perfectionist
gainsayer
butt
victim
disinformant
disinformer
sacred cow
disappointment
blame game
rubbisher
strong-arm
lulzfag
limelighter
one to talk
personal attack
slater
bullshittee
byword
abhorrence
Monday-morning quarterback
hummer
persecutor
alarmist
Debbie Downer
detester
scapegoating
faultfinder
cynic
kibitzer
pull up
countercriticize
judge
confront
gibbet
bug
face
cut someone cold
present
wag a finger
disgrace
cut
fault
scapegoat
protest too much
get stuck into
clutch one's pearls
frown on
dispraise
raise someone's hackles
get someone's back up
trash out
rub up the wrong way
snitch-jacket
draw fire
point the finger at
run down
ridicule
throw under the bus
cast something in someone's teeth
rain on someone's parade
piss on someone's bonfire
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