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scoffer

/ˈskɒf.ə/

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noun

/ˈskɒf.ə/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который насмехается, издевается или относится к чему-либо с презрением, или того, кто ест жадно и быстро.

A noun referring to a person who jeers, mocks, or treats something with contempt, or one who eats greedily and rapidly.

  1. Greedy eaterB2informalbritish

    A person who eats food quickly and greedily.

    ruОбжора

    • He's such a scoffer; he finished his entire plate in two minutes.
    • The scoffer grabbed the last piece of cake before anyone else could.
    • At the buffet, scoffers were piling their plates high.

    Synonymsdevourergluttongobblergorger

  2. Mocker or deriderC1formal

    A person who jeers, mocks, or treats something with contempt.

    ruНасмешник или хулитель

    • The scoffer laughed at the speaker's ideas.
    • Scoffers often dismiss new theories without proper consideration.
    • He was known as a scoffer who ridiculed every proposal.

    Synonymsjeerermockerridiculersneerer

    Antonymsadmirerbelieverrespectersupporter

Forms
  • scoffers plural form
  • scoffers' possessive plural form
  • scoffer's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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