1.Lambaste (verb)
Meaning: criticize (someone or something) harshly.
synonyms: criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn, take to task, harangue, attack, rail at, rant at, revile, fulminate against.
Example: Mr. Corbyn, whose anti-monarchist, anti-conflict views already had many of Britain’s tabloids in a tizzy, was lambasted for supposedly refusing to bow as he laid a wreath at the ceremony.
2.Steadfast (adjective)
Meaning: resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
synonyms: loyal, faithful, committed, devoted, dedicated, dependable, reliable, steady, true.
Example: It’s been driven in part by his steadfast refusal to play ball with the mainstream media — he doesn’t take press questions after every public speech, and often ignores questions out of the context of a planned interview, often preferring to respond to criticism on his own terms, through social media.
3.Avowed (adjective)
Meaning: that has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly.
Example: An avowed socialist, he has no qualms talking about re-nationalising infrastructure or raising taxes on businesses and the wealthy, an approach shunned by Labour since the days of Tony Blair.
4.Detractor (noun)
Meaning: a person who disparages someone or something.
synonyms: critic, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler, attacker, censurer, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, slanderer, libeller, calumniator, defamer, traducer.
Example: His detractors denounce him as a rebel (he voted against the party whip over 400 times while Labour was in power, between 1997 and 2010), but to his supporters he is a deeply principled politician, willing to stand up to the party, and his family, when those values are on the line.
5.Imminent (adjective)
Meaning: about to happen.
synonyms: impending, at hand, close, near, approaching, fast approaching, coming, forthcoming, on the way, about to happen.
Example: With fruit and vegetable prices soaring 50% and faced with an imminent milk shortage, the Fadnavis administration bought peace by agreeing to waive the loans of “small and marginal” farmers — nearly 80% of the State’s 13.7 million-strong farmer population — as well as waiving interest and penalty on pending power bills.