deriders
Those who mock
Deriders are people who mock or ridicule others, treating them with contempt or scorn.
The word emphasizes active dismissiveness—deriders don't just disagree, they belittle: His deriders called the plan naive and doomed to fail.
The term often appears in contexts where someone faces organized opposition or public criticism.
People who express contempt
- ridiculersThose who deride
- hecklersDisruptive audience shouters
- jeerersThose who scoff loudly
- sneerersThose who mock contemptuously
taunters · lampooners · satirists · parodists · caricaturists · mimics · teasers · banterers
Derisive vocal abuse
- tauntsMocking, provoking remarks
- gibesScornful mocking remarks
- jibesFits or agrees
- sneersContemptuous facial expressions
insults · slights · snubs · quips · barbs · put-downs · wisecracks · zingers
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
deprecation · sneering · disrespect · denigration · dismissiveness · superciliousness · haughtiness · arrogance
scoffers
People who express contempt
- ridiculersThose who deride
- hecklersDisruptive audience shouters
- jeerersThose who scoff loudly
sneerers · taunters · lampooners · satirists · parodists · caricaturists · mimics · teasers · banterers · roasters
jeers
Derisive vocal abuse
sneers · insults · slights · snubs · quips · barbs · put-downs · wisecracks · zingers · digs
disdain
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
disparagement · deprecation · sneering · disrespect · denigration · dismissiveness · superciliousness · haughtiness · arrogance · snobbery
- scornersscoffers, mockers, sneerers, jeerers, ridiculers
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder