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Definition of Scorner
1. Noun. A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Derivative terms: Scorn, Scorn, Sneer, Sneer
Definition of Scorner
1. n. One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.
Definition of Scorner
1. Noun. One who scorns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scorner
1. one that scorns [n -S] - See also: scorns
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorner
Literary usage of Scorner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... scorner is there represented " as i libertine returned from travel, who
agreeably to his name, scoffs at religion." Percy Anc. Ballads, i, p. ..."
2. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"Hick scorner '—A real Person introduced—' New Custom '— ' Trial of Treasure '—'
Like will to Like.'—VII. ' Everyman '—The Allegorical Importance of this ..."
3. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"Hick scorner'—A real Person introduced—' New Custom'— 'Trial of Treasure'—'Like
will to Like.'—VII. ' Everyman'—The Allegorical Importance of this Piece. ..."
4. Afternoons in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1898)
"But to class the scorner with the unbeliever and the sinner, to add to ungodliness
and unrighteous- ..."
5. Shakespere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"'Hick scorner'—A real Person introduced—'New Custom' 'Trial of Treasure'—'Like
will to Like.'—VII. 'Everyman'—The Allegorical Importance of this Piece. ..."
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