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The Meaning of scoff
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(n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
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(n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
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(n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
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(v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Synonyms
jeer
,
jeering
,
mockery
,
scoffing
,
jeer
,
flout
,
barrack
,
gibe
,
flout
Homophones
skoff
Rhymes
asaf
,
bake-off
,
baraff
,
beloff
,
blastoff
,
boff
,
castoff
,
checkoff
,
christophe
,
cough
,
croff
,
cutoff
,
doff
,
drop-off
,
falloff
,
goff
,
gorbachev
,
gough
,
groff
,
haaf
,
hauf
,
hauff
,
hof
,
hoff
,
joffe
,
khrushchev
,
kickoff
,
knauf
,
knockoff
,
knopf
,
koff
,
lauf
,
layoff
,
leadoff
,
markoff
,
mcgoff
,
mof
,
molotov
,
off
,
payoff
,
pilaf
,
playoff
,
poff
,
quaff
,
ribicoff
,
rockoff
,
roff
,
roffe
,
romanoff
,
romanov
,
rudolf
,
runoff
,
saratov
,
schaaf
,
schoff
,
schroff
,
selloff
,
shernoff
,
shicoff
,
shroff
,
skoff
,
standoff
,
stauff
,
stoff
,
stroganoff
,
taaffe
,
takeoff
,
tradeoff
,
trough
,
turnoff