Meaning of SCOFF
| Pronunciation: | | skof
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- [n] showing your contempt by derision
- [v] treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
- [v] laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
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| | Synonyms: | | barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing |
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| | See Also: | | bait, brush aside, brush off, cod, derision, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
--Shak.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
--Cowper.
\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.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And
fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. --Goldsmith.
God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper.
Syn: To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See {Sneer}.
\Scoff\, v. t.
To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to
mock at.
To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest.
--Glanvill.
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