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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
scoff
n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering,
mockery, scoff, scoffing]
v 1: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at
the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack,
gibe]
2: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn:
scoff, flout]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scoff \Scoff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scoffed (?; 115); p. pr. &
vb. n. Scoffing.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude,
Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See Scoff, n.]
To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by
derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
--Goldsmith.
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God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper.
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Syn: To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See Sneer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scoff \Scoff\, v. t.
To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to
mock at.
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To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest.
--Glanvill.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Scoff \Scoff\ (?; 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof,
OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.]
1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking
expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
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With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
--Shak.
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2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
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The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
--Cowper.
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Thesaurus Results for scoff:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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