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- Dictionaryscoffing/ˈskôfiNG/
adjective
- 1. contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something: "a scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane"
noun
- 1. contemptuous ridicule or mockery: "he had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists"
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to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly: The critics scoffed at his paintings. Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Mocking and taunting. caricature. deride someone/something as something. derision
scoff. 1 of 3. noun. ˈskäf. ˈskȯf. Synonyms of scoff. 1. : an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe. 2. : an object of scorn, mockery, or derision. scoff. 2 of 3. verb (1) scoffed; scoffing; scoffs. intransitive verb. : to show contempt by derisive acts or language. scoffed at the idea. transitive verb.
to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly: The critics scoffed at his paintings. Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Mocking and taunting. caricature. deride someone/something as something. derision
to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly: The critics scoffed at his paintings. Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Mocking and taunting. caricature. deride someone/something as something. derision
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 struck out.
Define scoffing. scoffing synonyms, scoffing pronunciation, scoffing translation, English dictionary definition of scoffing. v. scoffed , scoff·ing , scoffs v. intr. To show or express derision or scorn: scoffed at their complaints. v. tr. To say in a derisive manner: "Are you...
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.
Other forms: scoffings. Definitions of scoffing. noun. showing your contempt by derision. synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff. see more.
Definition of scoff verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To show mocking contempt, scorn, or derision, esp. by language; jeer. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To say in a derisive manner. “Are you confused yet?” the instructor scoffed. American Heritage. To plunder or seize. Webster's New World. To eat (food) quickly and greedily. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
