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  • 91cynic — [n] nonbeliever carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas*, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever;… …

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  • 92pagan — [adj] irreligious agnostic, atheistic, heathen, idolatrous, impious, infidel, polytheistic, profane; concept 542 Ant. believing, religious pagan [n] person who does not believe in an orthodox religion agnostic, atheist, doubter, freethinker,… …

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  • 93skeptic — [n] person who is leery, unbelieving agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, disbeliever, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas*, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, pagan, pessimist, profaner,… …

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  • 94k̂eip- —     k̂eip     English meaning: to wag, wave, pull faces     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schweifen, wedeln, das Gesicht verziehen”?     Material: O.Ind. siprü f. “whisker, moustache, flowing plume, feather”, Av. (with metathesis) srifa m. “ nostril “; …

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  • 95scoff — Ⅰ. scoff [1] ► VERB ▪ speak about something in a scornfully derisive way. ► NOUN ▪ an expression of scornful derision. DERIVATIVES scoffer noun. ORIGIN perhaps Scandinavian. Ⅱ …

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  • 96scoff — scoff1 [skäf, skôf] n. [ME scof, prob. < Scand: akin to OE scop, singer, OHG skof, poem, ridicule: for IE base see SHOVE] 1. an expression of mocking contempt, scorn, or derision; jeer 2. an object of mocking contempt, scorn, etc. vt. to mock… …

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  • 97disagreeable person — noun a person who is not pleasant or agreeable • Syn: ↑unpleasant person • Hypernyms: ↑unwelcome person, ↑persona non grata • Hyponyms: ↑aggravator, ↑annoyance, ↑ …

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  • 98gorger — noun someone who eats food rapidly and greedily • Syn: ↑scoffer • Derivationally related forms: ↑gorge • Hypernyms: ↑eater, ↑feeder …

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  • 99scoff — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (usu. foll. by at) speak derisively, esp. of serious subjects; mock; be scornful. n. 1 mocking words; a taunt. 2 an object of ridicule. Derivatives: scoffer n. scoffingly adv. Etymology: perh. f. Scand.: cf. early mod. Da. skuf …

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  • 100unpleasant person — noun a person who is not pleasant or agreeable • Syn: ↑disagreeable person • Hypernyms: ↑unwelcome person, ↑persona non grata • Hyponyms: ↑aggravator, ↑annoyance, ↑ …

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