Antonyms for scoffer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : skawf, skof
Phonetic Transcription : skɔf, skɒf


Definition of scoffer

Origin :
  • late 15c., agent noun from scoff (v.).
  • As in pagan : noun person who does not believe in an orthodox religion
  • As in skeptic : noun person who is leery, unbelieving
  • As in misanthropist : noun cynic
  • As in unbeliever : noun skeptic
  • As in cynic : noun nonbeliever
Example sentences :
  • I am delighted to testify to these things, because I had formerly been a scoffer.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • All creeds may be welded together, but the Puritan and the scoffer are like oil and water.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Said I was a scoffer and an infidel and didn't know anything about Scripture! '
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It would never do for the scoffer to become a convert openly and at once.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • "You are a scoffer," the other reproached him, and his rascally face was oddly grave.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It remains to say that he was not disposed, being a sceptic and a scoffer.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • But I offered him my hand with a friendliness which assured him I was not a scoffer.
  • Extract from : « The Madonna of the Future » by Henry James
  • I come from the Chief—but I had not expected to find Simwa, the scoffer, before me.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow-Maker » by Mary Austin
  • "Who is that scoffer," said the man in gray, not without warmth.
  • Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for scoffer

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