scorner

Noun
Synonyms: sneerer

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expressionSynonyms: sneererType of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Scorn′er noun

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. “Great scorners of death.” Edmund Spenser

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.— Prov. iii. 34.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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