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scoff
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- pronunciation:
- skaf
[or]
skawf
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verb |
| inflections: |
scoffs, scoffing, scoffed |
| definition: |
When you scoff, you laugh or say something that is not very kind about someone's idea or about something that that person said or did. When you scoff at someone, you make fun of them. People sometimes scoff when they don't believe what someone said or they don't believe that that person did or would be able to do something.
Eli's older brother scoffed at his fear of the dark.Terrin thought she had a great idea, but her friends scoffed at it.- similar words:
- despise
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| derivations: |
scoffingly (adv.), scoffer (n.) |
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