Scoff
[skɒf] or [skɔf]
Definition
(n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
(n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
(n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
(v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Editor: Stu
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Mock, deride, jeer, scoff at.
v. n. Mock, jeer, jibe, sneer.
n. [1]. Sneer, jibe, jeer, taunt, flout, biting jest.[2]. Derision, ridicule, mockery, raillery, scoffing, jeering.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sneer, mock, jibe, jeer, contemn, scout, deride, ridicule
ANT:Compliment, salute, respect, honor
Checked by Annabelle
Definition
v.t. to mock: to treat with scorn.—v.i. to show contempt or scorn: to deride taunt gibe.—n. an expression of scorn or contempt: an object of scoffing.—n. Scoff′er.—adv. Scoff′ingly in a scoffing manner: with mockery or contempt.
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Examples
- You must penetrate the ponderous vocabulary, the professional cant to the insight beneath or you scoff at the mountain ranges of words and phrases. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There were purpose and feeling, banter and scoff, playing, mingled, on her mobile lineaments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Scoff at your ease; your scorn can never break his grand old heart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sound came like a reproach, a scoff--like the sting of remorse in the soul--I gasped--the veins and muscles of my throat swelled, suffocating me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Scoffing devil! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Tito