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scorner

[skawr-ner] / ˈskɔr nər /
NOUN
impostor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
con artist hypocrite
STRONG
actor beguiler bluffer charlatan cheat deceiver fake faker four-flusher fraud imitator impersonator masquerader mimic mocker mountebank pettifogger phony pretender pseudo quack sham sharper shyster trickster
WEAK
empiric

Example Sentences

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Peterborough top scorner Clarke-Harris headed a free-kick just over the bar soon after as Posh took control, but with 20 minutes left the Owls thought they had a way back.

From BBC • May 12, 2023

After netting her maiden international goal on Thursday, Holloway grabbed a spectacular second when her 30-yard strike flew into the top scorner on the half-hour mark despite the best efforts of the visiting goalkeeper.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2021

Amid so much pomp it was recalled that Baron von Richthofen had ever been a scorner of the conventional mediocrities of mankind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Determined fighter for freedom in the observance, practice, and witness of religion, scorner of ambiguist and dogmatist alike, priest, professor, eminent theologian, author and editor.

From Time Magazine Archive

So Narcissus went on his cruel way, a scorner of love.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.