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. |
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