Fulminators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or thing that criticizes or reprimands someone or something in a strong, often explosive manner
2. An individual known for expressing vehement denunciations or objections to certain ideas or actions
3. Someone who vocally expresses outrage or condemnation, typically in a forceful, dramatic style

Etymology: "Fulminators" is the plural of "fulminator," a noun formed from the verb "fulminate" and the suffix "-or," which marks a person who performs an action. The verb itself comes from Latin "fulminare," meaning "to strike with lightning," from "fulmen," "lightning" or "thunderbolt." The original sense was literal and violent: a fulminator was someone whose words struck like a bolt from the sky. Over time the figurative sense of "fulminate," to thunder out denunciations, took over from the meteorological one. A fulminator is therefore a person who hurls condemnation the way a storm hurls lightning, loudly and at once. The plural form simply refers to several such people.

Synonyms: exploders, thunderers, criticizers, denouncers, protesters