scoffer

American  

[skaw-fer, skof-er] / ˈskɔ fər, ˈskɒf ər /

noun

1. a person who mocks or makes fun of someone or something, often of religion or moral values.

   We need courage when facing scoffers who jeer at our faith and make ironic comments about it.

   Scoffers may wonder how a small-scale, one-day Laurel and Hardy festival could ever draw attendees from around the world.

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Etymology

Origin of scoffer

scoff ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

scoffer

So that scoffer was a no-show, but we really didn’t have room for him anyway.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2016

To her the scoffer even babbled baby talk.

From Time Magazine Archive

No Croft scoffer now, Tony looks with disdain at a "motor villa" he also owns.

From Time Magazine Archive

To a paynim or scoffer, it is valueless.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it is precisely to this supposed "scoffer" that we owe the first interpretation of the profound and pathetic significance of the book, lost sight of in controversies about its miracle.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

Related Words

• agnostic
• cynic
• dissenter
• doubter
• pessimist
• questioner