scribbler
2
8.2
- noun
- /ˈskrɪbələr/
- Offensive
:
escritor mediocre
- Many critics dismissed him as a mere scribbler, lacking the depth of more established authors.
- newspaper scribbler
- academic scribbler
So Marianne was rat or ratty after the water rat who was the scribbler of verses.
- So Marianne was rat or ratty after the water rat who was the scribbler of verses.
Examples
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But while some may object, it is my delight to be a scribbler and to live a scribbler's life: I sleep and eat when I like.
Fiction book (1997) -
I introduce myself as Baruch, a modern scribbler of records.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm a bit of a scribbler myself, you know?
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I'm glad my old scribbler has disappeared.
Fiction book (2001) -
What kind of scribbler are you, newspaperman, did you say?
Fiction book (1991) -
But other than that, I figure I measure up okay against you scribblers.
Fiction book (1998) -
My friend, you are a dreamer, a scribbler, a poet.
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Most of these ideas have been around in bits and pieces for some time; the scribbler would have to put them into a coherent package.
Academic text (2012) -
But we are mere scribblers next to true masters.
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When he died, the scribblers of Ireland tripped over one another to elegize him.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person who creates books, articles, or stories
∞
2.0
A person who writes books or articles
942
2.3
A person who reports news for a newspaper, magazine, TV, or website
77
7.5
A person who does dull, routine work, especially writing
25
6.2
A person who writes or records information for other people
5
8.4
A person who reports news for newspapers, TV or websites
1
7.5
A writer who makes low quality books or articles only for money
1
7.7
A person who writes for a living, for example a journalist or author
1
3.3
A person who makes news articles for a newspaper or TV
A writer who writes many low-quality books mostly for money
A writer who makes many bad articles for little pay
A person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or books
A person who writes books, articles, or reports
A person who writes badly with poor spelling or messy handwriting
A person who writes words for adverts or websites
How Respected
∞
2.0
- Literature
942
2.3
∞
1.0
- Offensive
2
8.2
- Offensive
77
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scribbler comes from the word scribble, which in turn comes from the old Latin word scribere 'to write'. So a scribbler was simply 'one who writes', and today it often means a writer people think is not very skilled or important, a slightly rude name for a journalist or author.