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Scoffer

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scoff 1  (skf, skôf)
v. scoffed, scoff·ing, scoffs
v.tr.
To mock at or treat with derision.
v.intr.
To show or express derision or scorn.
n.
An expression of derision or scorn.
[Middle English scoffen, from scof, mockery, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish skof, jest, teasing.]
scoffer n.
scoffing·ly adv.
scoff 2  (skf, skôf)
v. scoffed, scoff·ing, scoffs Slang
v.tr.
To eat (food) quickly and greedily.
v.intr.
To eat greedily.
[Alteration of obsolete scaff.]
scoffer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scoffer - someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
gorger
eater, feeder - someone who consumes food for nourishment
2.scoffer - someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
flouter, jeerer, mocker
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable


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However, of course the scoffer didn't laugh -- I mean the boy.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Before it was altogether dark the curious crowd had collected in the street, silent, as a rule, and expectant, with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
But it is not the danger of the noble man to turn a good man, but lest he should become a blusterer, a scoffer, or a destroyer.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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