scoff

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

showing your contempt by derision
• Syn:
jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing
• Derivationally related forms:
scoff (for: scoffing), mock (for: mockery), jeer (for: jeering), jeer (for: jeer)
• Hypernyms:
derision

II - verb

1. laugh at with contempt and derision (Freq. 4)
- The crowd jeered at the speaker
• Syn:
jeer, flout, barrack, gibe
• Derivationally related forms:
gibe (for: gibe), flouter (for: flout), scoffer, scoffing, jeerer (for: jeer), jeer (for: jeer), jeering (for: jeer)
• Hypernyms:
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize,
tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. treat with contemptuous disregard
- flout the rules
• Syn:
flout
• Derivationally related forms:
flouter (for: flout), scoffer, scoffing
• Hypernyms:
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount,
push aside, ignore
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing, flout, barrack, gibe