scoffing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scoffing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scoffing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scoffing n showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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}.