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scoff, jeer, gibe, fleer, sneer, flout mean to show one's contempt in derision or mockery. scoff stresses insolence, disrespect, or incredulity as motivating the derision. scoffed at their concerns. jeer suggests a coarser more undiscriminating derision. the crowd jeered at the prisoners.
noun. 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.
Synonyms for SCOFFER: scorner, insulter, detractor, mocker, derider, taunter, tormentor, harasser; Antonyms of SCOFFER: praiser, comforter, solace, soother, champion, commender, bodyguard, succorer.
Scoffers may scoff, jeerers may jeer, but the fishermen and other locals stand by their tale. Plenty of scoffers have questioned whether a bunch of musicians can change the world by playing a short set and shouting a few slogans .
Plenty of scoffers have questioned whether a bunch of musicians can change the world by playing a short set and shouting a few slogans. She delivers the ludicrous lyrics with such conviction that even a hard-core scoffer might be converted. Despite what the scoffers say, smartphones and the internet offer more than games and downloads of cute cats.
Definitions of scoffer. noun. someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision. synonyms: flouter, jeerer, mocker. see more. noun. someone who eats food rapidly and greedily. synonyms: gorger. see more.
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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.
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.
