scoffing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun showing your contempt by derision
    jeer; scoff; jeering; mockery.
  2. verb laugh at with contempt and derision
    barrack; jeer; gibe; scoff; flout.
    • The crowd jeered at the speaker
  3. verb treat with contemptuous disregard
    scoff; flout.
    • flout the rules

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