scorners
Those who ridicule
Scorners are people who express contempt or derision toward others or their ideas.
The word carries a biblical and literary tone, appearing frequently in religious texts warning against those who mock wisdom or righteousness: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scorners.
In modern use, it sounds formal or archaic.
Those who taunt
- scoffersPeople who express contempt
- ridiculersThose who deride
- tauntersThose who mock others
- jeerersThose who scoff loudly
hecklers · sneerers · deriders · critics · detractors · disparagers · belittlers · naysayers
Contemptuous mockery
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- disdainScornful disregard
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
belittlement · disparagement · disrespect · taunting · jeering · scoffing · insult · sneer
Those who doubt claims
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- disbelieversThose who reject claims
- pessimistsThose assuming negative outcomes
- misanthropesHaters of humankind
distrustful · jaded · world-weary · disenchanted · bitter · jaundiced · dismissive · sardonic
mockers
Those who taunt
- scoffersPeople who express contempt
- ridiculersThose who deride
- tauntersThose who mock others
jeerers · hecklers · sneerers · deriders · critics · detractors · disparagers · belittlers · naysayers · cynics
derision
Contemptuous mockery
sneering · belittlement · disparagement · disrespect · taunting · jeering · scoffing · insult · sneer · spurn
skeptics
Those who doubt claims
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- disbelieversThose who reject claims
- pessimistsThose assuming negative outcomes
misanthropes · distrustful · jaded · world-weary · disenchanted · bitter · jaundiced · dismissive · sardonic · caustic
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
- negativistspessimists, defeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies
scornersadmirers
People who appreciate someone
respecters · reverers · appreciators · devotees · enthusiasts
scornersencouragers
Those who give support
supporters · praisers · flatterers · boosters · cheerleaders
scornersexalters
Those who praise highly
glorifiers · uplifters · encouragers · believers · promoters