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SCOFFING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 ("scoffing" is a kind of...):

derision (contemptuous laughter)

Derivation:

scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)

scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb scoff

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