sneerer
(ˈsnɪərə(r))
[f. prec.]
One who sneers.
| 1713 Guardian No. 29, The Sneerers..always indulge their mirth at the expence of their friends, and all their ridicule consists in unseasonable ill-nature. 1770 Langhorne Plutarch (1851) II. 795/2 The laughter of these sneerers has cost their country many a tear. 1824 Byron Def. Transf. i. ii, Oh, thou everlasting sneerer! Be silent! 1842 Borrow Bible in Spain ii, The sneerers and scoffers at religion do not spring from amongst the simple children of nature. 1874 B. Taylor in Life (1884) II. 652 The sneerers and cavilers are growing silent one by one. |