Synonyms of the word scoffing


SCOFFINGDERISION - JEER - JEERING - MOCKERY - SCOFF

scoffing

  • v. present participle of scoff.
  • n. The act of one who scoffs; derision; mockery.

derision

  • n. Act of treating with disdain.

jeer

  • n. A mocking remark or reflection.
  • v. (intransitive, jeer at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to…
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
  • n. (nautical) A gear; a tackle.
  • n. (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards…

jeering

  • v. present participle of jeer.
  • n. A mocking utterance.

mockery

  • n. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
  • n. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
  • n. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
  • n. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

scoff

  • n. Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
  • n. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
  • v. To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.
  • n. (South Africa) Food.
  • n. (British Army) Food.
  • v. (Britain) To eat food quickly.
  • v. (South Africa) To eat.
  • v. (British Army) To eat.

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