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Scorner

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scorn  (skôrn)
n.
1.
a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy.
b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.
2. One spoken of or treated with contempt.
v. scorned, scorn·ing, scorns
v.tr.
1. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy.
2. To reject or refuse with derision. See Synonyms at despise.
v.intr.
To express contempt; scoff.
[Middle English, from Old French escarn, of Germanic origin.]
scorner n.
scornful adj.
scornful·ly adv.
scornful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scorner - a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
sneerer
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable


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With his air of looking down on the highest, and confidentially inviting you to be of his company in the seat of the scorner he is irresistible; his very confession that he is a snob, too, is balm and solace to the reader who secretly admires the splendors he affects to despise.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Passion for power: the wicked gadfly which is mounted on the vainest peoples; the scorner of all uncertain virtue; which rideth on every horse and on every pride.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Robson, the scorner of the female sex, was not above the foppery of stays.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
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