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English Dictionary: scoff	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for scoff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scoff n showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing] v laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" Synonym(s): jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" Synonym(s): scoff, flout
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scoff \Scoff\, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at. To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. --Glanvill.