Disdainers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who expresses contempt or scorn towards something or someone
2. an individual who regards others or certain things with disdain or derision
3. someone who actively rejects or dismisses what they consider inferior or unworthy

Etymology: "Disdain" began as the opposite of "deign." Its ancestor, Old French "desdeignier," combined the negative prefix "des-" with "deignier," meaning to consider someone worthy of notice. That verb comes from Latin "dignari," "to deem worthy," the same root behind "dignity." To disdain someone was, quite literally, to decline to think them worthy. "Disdainers" is the plural of "disdainer," an agent noun made by adding the suffix "-er," meaning one who performs an action, to "disdain." The plural simply adds "-s." The word therefore names people who habitually treat others as beneath their notice.

Synonyms: contemptors, scorners, deriders

Antonyms: admirers, appreciators, respecters, valuers, reverers