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SCOFFER

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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