scoff as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
scoff
noun
1 scoff
Showing your contempt by derision.
synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing.
Roget 929:
disrespect,
disesteem,
disestimation†;
disparagement
etc.
(dispraise)
932,
(detraction)
934.
irreverence;
slight,
neglect,
spretae injuria formae [Lat.]
[Vergil],
superciliousness
etc.
(contempt)
930.
vilipendency†,
vilification,
contumely,
affront,
dishonor,
insult,
indignity,
outrage,
discourtesy
etc.
895;
practical joking;
scurrility,
scoffing,
sibilance,
hissing,
sibilation;
irrision†;
derision;
mockery;
irony
etc.
(ridicule)
856;
sarcasm.
hiss,
hoot,
boo,
gibe,
flout,
jeer,
scoff,
gleek†,
taunt,
sneer,
quip,
fling,
wipe,
slap in the face.
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Polish: kpina, przeĊmiewka, drwina
verb
1 scoff
Laugh at with contempt and derision.
synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer.
Roget 856:
ridicule,
deride,
mock,
taunt;
snigger;
laugh in one's sleeve;
tease
[ridicule lightly],
badinage,
banter,
rally,
chaff,
joke,
twit,
quiz,
roast;
haze [U.S.];
tehee†;
fleer†;
show up.
play upon,
play tricks upon;
fool to the top of one's bent;
laugh at,
grin at,
smile at;
poke fun at.
satirize,
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty.
turn into ridicule;
make merry with;
make fun of,
make game of,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†;
rally;
scoff
etc.
(disrespect)
929.
raise a laugh
etc.
(amuse)
840;
play the fool,
make a fool of oneself.
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Roget 988:
be impious
etc.
adj.,
profane,
desecrate,
blaspheme,
revile,
scoff;
swear
etc.
(malediction)
908;
commit sacrilege.
snuffle;
turn up the whites of the eyes;
idolize.
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Roget 929:
hold in disrespect
etc.
(despise)
930;
misprize,
disregard,
slight,
trifle with,
set at naught,
pass by,
push aside,
overlook,
turn one's back upon,
laugh in one's sleeve;
be disrespectful
etc.
adj.,
be discourteous
etc.
895;
treat with disrespect
etc.
n.;
set down,
put down,
browbeat.
dishonor,
desecrate;
insult,
affront,
outrage.
speak slightingly of;
disparage
etc.
(dispraise)
932;
vilipend†,
vilify,
call names;
throw dirt,
fling dirt;
drag through the mud,
point at,
indulge in personalities;
make mouths,
make faces;
bite the thumb;
take by the beard;
pluck by the beard;
toss in a blanket,
tar and feather.
have in derision;
hold in derision;
deride,
scoff,
barrack,
sneer,
laugh at,
snigger,
ridicule,
gibe,
mock,
jeer,
hiss,
hoot,
taunt,
twit,
niggle†,
gleek†,
gird,
flout,
fleer†;
roast,
turn into ridicule;
burlesque
etc.
856;
laugh to scorn
etc.
(contempt)
930;
smoke;
fool;
make game of,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†;
play a practical joke;
lead one a dance,
run the rig upon,
have a fling at,
scout;
mob.
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Dutch: veronachtzamen, minachten
2 scoff
Treat with contemptuous disregard.
synonym: flout.
Dutch: spotten
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