spurners
People who decline
Spurners are people who reject or refuse something with disdain.
The word implies not just declining but doing so contemptuously—spurning an offer, spurning someone's affections, spurning advice.
The spurners of tradition found themselves isolated from the community.
Those who refuse acceptance
- refusersPeople who decline
- declinersThose who refuse offers
- dismissersThose who disregard others
- snubbersImpact-absorbing mechanisms
scorners · disdainers · repudiators · deniers · naysayers · brush-offs · abandoners · forsakers
Those who intensely dislike
- scornersThose expressing derision
- mockersThose who taunt
- disdainersThose who show contempt
- sneerersThose who mock contemptuously
loathers · haters · condemners · deriders · belittlers · disparagers · detractors · scoffers
Those causing romantic anguish
- jiltersThose who abandon suitors
- dumpersThose who unload materials
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- abandonersThose who forsake others
ghosters · betrayers · faithless · fickle · breakup · dumping · leaving · indifference
rejecters
Those who refuse acceptance
- refusersPeople who decline
- declinersThose who refuse offers
- dismissersThose who disregard others
snubbers · scorners · disdainers · repudiators · deniers · naysayers · brush-offs · abandoners · forsakers · deserters
despisers
Those who intensely dislike
- scornersThose expressing derision
- mockersThose who taunt
- disdainersThose who show contempt
sneerers · loathers · haters · condemners · deriders · belittlers · disparagers · detractors · scoffers · revilers
heartbreakers
Those causing romantic anguish
- jiltersThose who abandon suitors
- dumpersThose who unload materials
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
abandoners · ghosters · betrayers · faithless · fickle · breakup · dumping · leaving · indifference · cruelty