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- DictionaryScoff/skôf/
verb
- 1. speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way: "“You, a scientist?” he scoffed"
noun
- 1. an expression of scornful derision: "scoffs of disbelief"
Scoff, jeer, sneer imply behaving with scornful disapproval toward someone or about something. To scoff is to express insolent doubt or derision, openly and emphatically: to scoff at a new invention. To jeer suggests expressing disapproval and scorn more loudly, coarsely, and unintelligently than in scoffing: The crowd jeered when the batter ...
The verb can also mean to treat with contempt or to mock. Naysayers scoff at all kinds of theories, and grouchy old men tend to scoff for the heck of it. Definitions of scoff. verb. laugh at with contempt and derision. synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer. see more. verb. treat with contemptuous disregard.
to laugh at someone or something, or criticize them in a way that shows you do not respect them: The critics scoffed at his work. scoff verb (EAT) to eat a lot of something quickly: Who scoffed all the chocolates? (Definition of scoff from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of scoff.
2 days ago · an object of mockery or derision. SYNONYMS 1. gibe. scoff, jeer, sneer imply behaving with scornful disapproval toward someone or about something. To scoff is to express insolent doubt or derision, openly and emphatically: to scoff at a new invention.
Scoff, jeer, sneer imply behaving with scornful disapproval toward someone or about something. To scoff is to express insolent doubt or derision, openly and emphatically: to scoff at a new invention.
Definition of scoff verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (often foll by: at) to speak contemptuously (about); express derision (for); mock. 2. ( tr) obsolete to regard with derision. n. 3. an expression of derision. 4. an object of derision. [C14: probably from Scandinavian; compare Old Frisian skof mockery, Danish skof, skuf jest] ˈscoffer n. ˈscoffing adj. ˈscoffingly adv. scoff.
