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SCORNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scorner mean?
• SCORNER (noun)
The noun SCORNER has 1 sense:
1. a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
Familiarity information: SCORNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
scorner; sneerer
Hypernyms ("scorner" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Derivation:
scorn (reject with contempt)
scorn (look down on with disdain)
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