scoffer
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈskɔfər/
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mocoso
- As a scoffer, he often dismissed the efforts of others to improve their lives.
- scoffers say
And right now there are mockers and scoffers on the back row.
- And right now there are mockers and scoffers on the back row.
Examples
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Later, after having actually read a couple of my books, some of these scoffers changed their tune.
Fiction book (1993) -
For 25 years, I have kept the mockers and scoffers at bay.
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Pay these scoffers no mind.
Fiction book (1997) -
Most of us were scoffers.
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The scoffers who think they are immune will soon find out otherwise.
Blog text (12) -
The scoffers and mockers will, one day, have to face ultimate reality.
Blog text (33) -
The concert is for true music lovers, not mockers and scoffers like you and your artistic friends.
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Suffering educates and purifies; it humbles pride, tames the rebel, and corrects the scoffer.
Academic text (1998) -
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, or stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Blog text (8) -
Many scoffers laughed at the ridiculous idea of flying cars.
Synonyms
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7.1
A person who makes fun of others to show disrespect
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8.4
A person who always finds faults in ideas or work
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7.9
A person who treats others as unimportant by words or looks
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8.4
A person who teases or makes fun of others to upset them
A person who laughs at others and says cruel things about them
A person who laughs at others to make them feel bad
A person who shows dislike by making fun of others
A person who makes fun of others using sarcasm to make people laugh
How Mocking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scoffer comes from the verb scoff, which means 'to make fun of' or 'to mock'. So a scoffer is someone who laughs at or insults others, which explains the word's meaning today.