" scorners "

1: as in denigrators, jeerers;

•  Synonyms : 

•  belittlers,

•  decriers,

•  denigrators,

•  deriders,

•  detractors,

•  gibers,

•  insulters,

•  jeerers,

•  scoffers,

•  baiters,

•  harassers,

•  hecklers,

•  mockers,

•  needlers,

•  persecutors,

•  ridiculers,

•  taunters,

•  teasers,

•  teases,

•  tormentors,

•  carpers,

•  castigators,

•  cavilers,

•  censurers,

•  criticizers,

•  critics,

•  disparagers,

•  faultfinders,

•  hypercritics,

•  knockers,

•  nigglers,

•  nitpickers

•  Antonyms : 

•  commenders,

•  praisers,

•  comforters,

•  solaces,

•  soothers,

•  succorers,

•  bodyguards,

•  champions

1: to show contempt for;

  * e.g., " ... scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors "

•  Synonyms : 

•  contemn,

•  dis,

•  disdain,

•  disrespect,

•  high-hat,

•  look down (on or upon),

•  slight,

•  sniff (at),

•  snoot,

•  snub

•  Antonyms : 

•  honor,

•  respect

2: to ignore in a disrespectful manner;

  * e.g., " ... she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway "

•  Synonyms : 

•  despise,

•  disregard,

•  flout

•  Antonyms : 

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