defense mechanism (noun) defense mechanism: protective activity
Sinonime: bellyaching, caviling, censorious,
critical, criticizing, deprecatory, disparaging, fault-finding, griping, grouchy, grousing, grumbling, hypercritical, kvetching, moaning, nagging, niggling, nit-picking, overcritical, quibbling, scathing, whining
Antonime: complimentary, forgiving