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scoffer Definition


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scoff1
verb
    intr
    scoffed, scoffing
    1. To express scorn or contempt for them; to jeer.
      Thesaurus: belittle, mock, deride, jeer, ridicule, revile, scorn, taunt; Antonym: praise, commend, appreciate.
      Form: scoff at someone (often)
      Form: scoff at something
noun
    1. An expression of scorn; a jeer.
    2. An object of scorn or derision.
Derivative: scoffer
noun
    Derivative: scoffing
    noun, adj
      Etymology: 14c: from Danish scof jest or mockery, from Frisian schof.



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