1. a person who writes bad poetry or pretentious verse; an inferior poet
Usage: derogatory

Examples

• The literary magazine was flooded with submissions from local poetasters.
• He fancied himself a great writer, but critics dismissed him as a mere poetaster.
• The poetaster’s flowery verses lacked any real depth or meaning.
• She rolled her eyes at the poetaster’s overwrought sonnets about love.
• The workshop was full of earnest poetasters trying to impress each other.
• His reputation as a poetaster made it difficult for him to be taken seriously.