Found 2 items, similar to Scoffing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scoffing
scoffing
n : showing your contempt by derision [syn:
jeer,
jeering,
mockery,
scoff]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scoffing
Scoff
\Scoff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scoffed (?; 115); p. pr. &
vb. n.
Scoffing.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude,
Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See
Scoff, n.]
To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by
derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
--Goldsmith.
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God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper.
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Syn: To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See
Sneer.
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