scoffing
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈskɔfɪŋ/
- Offensive
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- The scoffing from the audience made it clear they didn't take the speaker seriously.
Examples
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While the field is one of dubious partial and unreproducible results, punctuated by unsubstantiated claims of success with vanishing prototypes, you should expect the scoffing to continue.
Blog text (4) -
Then, in spite of the scoffing of her rational mind, she had to leave the porch, walk across the lawn, stand at the curb, and look at the storm drain up the street.
Fiction book (1992) -
Those who charge him with clowning or scoffing have got things exactly backwards.
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When Isaac was very young, Ishmael's scoffing towards him became too much to bear.
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We can hear the scoffing now from Vikings fans who think this is the understatement of the year.
Blog text (15) -
When Japanese car manufacturers first entered the world of motorsports, there was surely plenty of scoffing going on.
Blog text (19) -
Undeterred by the scoffing and derision, he set off but was never seen again.
Blog text (21) -
His scoffing laughter and self-absorbed talk made him appear oblivious to the other people sitting near him in the dark.
Fiction book (1999) -
You will have little difficulty, I expect, in imagining the scoffing I frequently encounter in academic forums when I refer to humility as a necessary condition of sound study or curricular planning.
Academic text (1995) -
In both of them, I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
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4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
39
5.1
A strong feeling of dislike and no respect
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7.9
Laughing at or making fun of someone to show you do not respect them
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6.3
Saying things to make someone feel bad or angry
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7.5
A rude shout or remark that shows you do not respect someone
4
6.1
Rude words or loud laughter that show dislike
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5.6
A remark said to insult someone and show you do not respect them
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4.5
Making fun of someone to show you do not respect them
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9.9
A look or remark that shows you do not respect someone
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8.2
Teasing or insulting someone, often in a friendly way
How Mocking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word scoffing comes from the verb scoff, which once meant 'to mock' or 'make fun' and probably comes from an old Norse word for 'mocking'. So, scoffing means showing 'contempt' by mocking or laughing at someone.