name-caller
Hurls insults freely
A name-caller is someone who insults others by calling them derogatory names.
The term usually appears in contexts involving childish or petty behavior: Don't be a name-caller just because you lost the argument.
Name-calling is the more common form, referring to the practice itself.
One who ridicules
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- mockerOne who derides
- insulterOne who disparages others
ridiculer · derider · scoffer · jeerer · slanderer · defamer · disparager · belittler
Insulting group label
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- insultOffensive remark or action
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
putdown · invective · pejorative · derogatory · aspersion · vituperation · barb · dig
Antagonistic disposition toward others
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- maliceIntent to cause harm
spite · meanness · cruelty · intimidation · humiliation · degradation · disrespect · antagonism
Insulting to provoke
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- deridingExpressing scornful contempt
ridiculing · belittling · teasing · heckling · insulting · disparaging · denigrating · slandering
taunter
One who ridicules
insulter · ridiculer · derider · scoffer · jeerer · slanderer · defamer · disparager · belittler · denigrator
slur
Insulting group label
jeer · putdown · invective · pejorative · derogatory · aspersion · vituperation · barb · dig · slight
hostility
Antagonistic disposition toward others
malice · spite · meanness · cruelty · intimidation · humiliation · degradation · disrespect · antagonism · aggression
taunting
Insulting to provoke
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
deriding · ridiculing · belittling · teasing · heckling · insulting · disparaging · denigrating · slandering · trash-talking
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
name-callerencourager
One who heartens others
affirmer · praiser · complimenter · supporter · uplifter
name-callerpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
mediator · reconciler · conciliator · bridge-builder · diplomat
name, caller, names, named, naming, nameless, namely, namesake, call