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SCOFFER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
Synonyms:
flouter; jeerer; mocker; scoffer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scoffer" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Derivation:
scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)
scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
Synonyms:
gorger; scoffer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("scoffer" is a kind of...):
eater; feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)