scoff
1to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
to mock at; deride.
an expression of mockery, derision, doubt, or derisive scorn; jeer.
an object of mockery or derision.
Origin of scoff
1synonym study For scoff
Other words for scoff
Opposites for scoff
Other words from scoff
- scoff·er, noun
- scoff·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby scoff
Other definitions for scoff (2 of 2)
to eat voraciously.
food; grub.
Origin of scoff
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How to use scoff in a sentence
Such messages are unlikely to be beloved of secularists who prefer to scoff at the religious rather than engage with them.
The ratio—there are 492 billionaires in the U.S. and only 1,645 in the world—is nothing to scoff at.
How Does Zuckerberg’s Ebola Pledge Measure Up To Other Bigwig Donations? | Nina Strochlic | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSpirit companies need to tell their PR agencies to stop trying to push them, and consumers should scoff at them.
They make kick ass cocktails, they break up fights, they scoff at the idea of 'girly' drinks.
The Ladies Disrupting the Bartender Boys’ Club | Brandy Zadrozny | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike The Hunger Games, TFiOS doesn't scoff at tried and true Hollywood tropes.
Young Adult Novel Adaptations Put Mainstream Blockbusters to Shame | Amy Zimmerman | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The principles of liberty were the scoff of every grinning courtier, and the Anathema Maranatha of every fawning dean.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThere was nothing either false or forced about the little exclamation he made, half scoff, half laugh.
In Accordance with the Evidence | Oliver OnionsThey laugh at our music, they scoff at our arts and twist them into obscene mockeries.
The Link | Alan Edward NourseI had almost said "fools who came to scoff remained to pray!"
Mexico | Charles Reginald EnockHence it needs not surprise that they are not very devout worshippers; it is a great wonder they do not openly scoff.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod Grile
British Dictionary definitions for scoff (1 of 2)
/ (skɒf) /
(intr often foll by at) to speak contemptuously (about); express derision (for); mock
(tr) obsolete to regard with derision
an expression of derision
an object of derision
Origin of scoff
1Derived forms of scoff
- scoffer, noun
- scoffing, adjective
- scoffingly, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for scoff (2 of 2)
/ (skɒf) informal, mainly British /
to eat (food) fast and greedily; devour
food or rations
Origin of scoff
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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