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- Dictionaryscoffing/ˈskɒfɪŋ/
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
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 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.
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. derision. derisively. lampoon.
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...
scoff. verb. /skɒf/ /skɑːf/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to talk about somebody/something in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or silly synonym mock. Don't scoff—she's absolutely right. scoff at somebody/something He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. + speech ‘Don't be ridiculous,’ she scoffed. Want to learn 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.
scoffer. the "scoff" family. To laugh at someone with scorn is to scoff at them. People have scoffed at many great inventors, saying their products would flop because the public wouldn't be interested in things like the light bulb, the personal computer, or the pet rock.
To jeer suggests expressing disapproval and scorn more loudly, coarsely, and unintelligently than in scoffing: The crowd jeered when the batter struck out. To sneer is to show by facial expression or tone of voice ill-natured contempt or disparagement: He sneered unpleasantly in referring to his opponent's misfortunes.
