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SCOFF

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing your contempt by derision

Synonyms:

jeer; jeering; mockery; scoff; scoffing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("scoff" is a kind of...):

derision (contemptuous laughter)

Derivation:

scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)

scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat with contemptuous disregard

Example:

flout the rules

Synonyms:

flout; scoff

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "scoff" is one way to...):

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scoff (showing your contempt by derision)

scoffer (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)

scoffing (showing your contempt by derision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Laugh at with contempt and derision

Example:

The crowd jeered at the speaker

Synonyms:

barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "scoff" is one way to...):

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

scoff (showing your contempt by derision)

scoffer (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)

scoffing (showing your contempt by derision)

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