Scoff

Scoff [ skawf, skof ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. (n.) gibe or an instance or object of scorn or mockery 2. (tr.v.) to mock, jeer or express scorn 3. (intr.v.) to display contempt by ridiculing or jeering
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	She scoffed at his attempt to explain why he was late.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Many scholars scoff at Brown's appeals to scholarship, arguing that the bloodline theory has been around for centuries and thoroughly discredited as a fraud.