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  • 61doubter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. questioner, unbeliever, agnostic; see cynic , skeptic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. skeptic, disbeliever, doubting Thomas, questioner, cynic, scoffer, freethinker, iconoclast. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun , One who… …

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  • 62questioner — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An examiner] Syn. quizzer, interrogator, interviewer, analyst; see examiner , investigator . 2. [A skeptic] Syn. doubter, scoffer, agnostic; see cynic , skeptic . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. One who inquires: inquirer …

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  • 63doubting Thomas — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. skeptic, cynic, questioner, *one from Missouri, scoffer, disbeliever. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who habitually or instinctively doubts or questions: doubter, nonbeliever, skeptic, unbeliever. See BELIEF …

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  • 64hickscorner — libertine scoffer at religion and the religious, c.1530, from the name of the character in a work of that name printed c.1512 by Wynkyn de Worde; from HICK (Cf. Hick), the common masc. nickname, + scorner (see SCORN (Cf. scorn)) …

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  • 65mocker — mock·er || mÉ‘kÉ™r /mÉ’kÉ™ n. person who mocks; scoffer; one who imitates …

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  • 66mockers — mock·er || mÉ‘kÉ™r /mÉ’kÉ™ n. person who mocks; scoffer; one who imitates …

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  • 67scoff — scoff1 verb speak about something in a scornfully derisive way. noun an expression of scornful derision. ↘archaic an object of ridicule. Derivatives scoffer noun scoffing adjective scoffingly adverb Origin ME: perh. of Scand. origin. scoff2 …

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  • 68jeerer — n. Scoffer, scorner, mocker, railer, ridiculer, derider, despiser …

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  • 69mocker — n. 1. Scoffer, scorner, derider, railer, despiser, jeerer. 2. Deceiver, impostor, cheat …

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  • 70scorner — n. Scoffer, derider, despiser, contemner, ridiculer, jeerer, mocker …

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