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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, 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.
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.
Other forms: scoffings. Definitions of scoffing. noun. showing your contempt by derision. synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff. see more.
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
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...
Definitions of scoff. verb. laugh at with contempt and derision. synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer. see more. verb. treat with contemptuous disregard. synonyms: flout. see more. noun. showing your contempt by derision. synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Scoff."
Definition of scoff verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
