Scoff

Definition: Scoff

Scoff

Noun

1. Showing your contempt by derision.

Verb

1. Laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker".

2. Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scoff" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Synonyms: Scoff

Contempt

Point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at.

Disapprobation

Scoff at, point at; twit, taunt; (disrespect); sneer at; (despise); satirize, lampoon; defame; (detract); depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious; Adjective: pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about.

Disrespect

Hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Impiety

Verb: be impious; Adjective:, profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff; swear; (malediction); commit sacrilege.

Ridicule

Turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; rally; scoff; (disrespect).

Crosswords: Scoff

Scoff (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "scoff": have a good scoff ♦ scoff at ♦ scoff at a danger ♦ scoff at danger ♦ scoff at smb. ♦ to scoff. Additional references.

Albanian

tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), tallem (flout, fool about, fool around, hoax, jape, jeer, joke, laugh at, make fun of, make smb. laugh, make sport of, mock, quiz), tall (banter, deride, fleer, jeer, make fun of, mock, ridicule, taunt), përqeshje (derision, flout, mock, mockery, mop, sneering, taunt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزأ به (make a game of, poke fun at), ‏هزء (flout, gibe, sneer), ‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scorn, shy, snap, sneer, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏التهكم. (various references)

Bulgarian 

ядене (eating, feed, meal, meat, provender, repast), кльопачка (dub, grub, scran, tuck in, tuck-out), осмивам (deride, lampoon, mock, ridicule, satirize, sneer, take off, twit), нагъвам (cockle, corrugate, flex, fold, gobble, lap, punish, put away, ruckle, tuck away, tuck into, walk into, wolf), лапам (gobble, gorge, ingurgitate, slummock), присмех (derision, fling, hoot, jeer, laugh, mockery, ridicule, rub, scorn, taunt), посмешище (derision, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, ridicule, sight, sport), подигравка (dig, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, sneer, snub, sport, twit, wipe), подигравам се (gird, jape, jeer, jest, quiz, sneer). (various references)

Chinese 

嘲笑 (jeer, mockery, sneer). (various references)

Czech

vysmívat se (deride, fleer, laugh at, sneer), tropit si posmìšky, posmìch (derision, jeer, mock, ridicule, sneer, taunt). (various references)

Danish

sluge (to belly, to scoff). (various references)

Dutch

slikken (swallow). (various references)

Farsi 

تمسخرکردن (Deride, Jest, Ridicule), تمسخر (Derision, Irony, Scorn, Sneer), طنز (Irony, Jeer, Quip, Satire), طعنه (Irony, Jape, Jeer, Jest, Quip, Rail, Sarcasm, Satire, Sikt, Taunt), اهانت وارداوردن , استهزاء (Derision, Jeer, Mockery, Sneer), ریشخند (Jeer, Ridicule, Sarcasm). (various references)

Finnish

pilkata (deride, jeer at, make fun of, mock), ivata (deride, jeer, ridicule), ilkkua (jeer, mock). (various references)

French

se moquer de, sarcasme, tourner en ridicule, persifler, moquerie (scorn), dérision. (various references)

German

spotten (be derisive, deride, derision, flout, gibe, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, mock fun, mockery, ridicule, scorn, sneer, taunt, to mock). (various references)

Greek 

σκώμμα (fling, gibe, quip), σκώπτω, μάσα (grub, nosh), περιγελώ (deride, jeer, mock, razz, ridicule), χλεύη (contumely, mockery, raillery, sneer), χλευάζω (deride, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, mock, pish, rail, sneer, taunt), εμπαιγμόσ (flout, jeer, making fun of, mockery, persiflage, raillery), εμπαίζω (deride, laugh at, make fun, mock, quiz, rally, sneer), λοιδορία (abuse, jeer, taunt). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללעו�' (deride, gibe, guy, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, sneer), לל�'ל�' (gibe, mock, poke fun, rally, rib, sneer, taunt), לזלול (gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, make a pig of oneself, overeat, wolf), לאפוז (jeer, laugh at, mock, sneer), ל�"תקלס (mock). (various references)

Hungarian

nevetség tárgya (derision, flouting-stock, jest, laughing stock, laughing-stock), kaja (chow, dub, grub, scarf, scran, tommy), kötekedő megjegyzés (fling, taunt), gúnyolódás (flout, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jibe, mock, raillery, rallying, sarcasm, scoffing, taunt), gúny tárgya (derision, flouting-stock, mockery, taunt). (various references)

Italian

spazzolare (brush), scherno (derision, jeer, mockery, scorn, sneer, taunt), pasto (dinner, feed, meal), pappare (gobble, wolf), farsi beffe (jest), deridere (deride, hoot, jeer, laugh, laugh at, mock, sneer), cibo (cheer, fare, food, grub, meat, nourishment, viands), beffa (banter, cheat, derisiveness, gibe, hoax, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, lark, mock, mockery, spoof). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

嘲る (to scoff). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あざける (to scoff). (various references)

Manx

craidey mysh (burlesque, deride, jeer, mock). (various references)

Pig Latin

offscay.(various references)

Portuguese

zombaria (chaff, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, ridicule, slyness, sneer, sport), zombar (banter, bemock, deride, engirdle, fool, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, sneer, twit), remoque, mofar (flout, get mouldy, jeer, mold, mould), mofa (jeer, mock, mockery, ragging, raillery, ridicule), escarnecer (deride, engirdle, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jeer at, jibe, laugh, make fun of, mock), escárnio (derision, fleer, fling, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, sneer, taunt), engolir sofregamente (ingurgitate), comida (board, cheer, dietary, eating, fare, food, meal, peck, prog, tuck, tucker), chacota (mockery, persiflage, sneer). (various references)

Romanian

sfida (affront, beard, brave, defy, face, mock, outbrave, outdare), lua peste picior (jolly, Josh, kid), lua în râs (ballyrag, gibe, mock, stultify), batjocori (abuse, bemock, deride, disdain, flout, rape, satirize, scorn, shame, taunt, violate), a-şi râde de (jape, jolly, kid, lash, make sport of, mock, smile at), înfrunta (beard, brave, breast, confront, dare, defy, face, front, head, meet, outbrave, outdare, weather). (various references)

Russian 

осмеивать (deride, guy, ridicule, scoffed), насмешка (derision, dig, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, piss-take, quiz, scorn, taunt, twit), засмеять (ridicule), посмешище (butt, laughing stock, laughingstock, mock, mockery, stooge, stooges). (various references)

Scottish

cn� id (a scoff). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, deride, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, mock, poke fun, ridicule), poruga (derision, jest, mockery, opprobrium, ridicule, taunt), podsmeh (flout, jibe, ridicule, sneer, spectacle, taunt), klopati (gormandize, take a bite), klopa (grub). (various references)

Spanish

hazmerreír (joke, laughingstock). (various references)

Swedish

håna (deride, flout, gibe, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, sneer, taunt). (various references)

Thai

พู�"เยาะเย้ย, การพู�"เยาะเย้ย. (various references)

Turkish

yemek (chow, crop, dine off, dine on, dinner, dish, eat, feed, food, grub, ingest, meal, Peck, repast, scran), oburca yemek (devour, lap, Raven, stodge), maskara etmek (bring into derision, give smb. a roasting, make a laughing-stock of), küçümseme (contempt, contemptibility, contemptuousness, disdain, scorn, setdown, underestimation), dudak bükmek (curl one's lips, mouth, pout), dudak bükme (pout), dalga geçmek (cod, gibe, jape, jeer, jibe, kid, make fun of, make merry over, monkey around, pull smb.'s leg, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, send up), alay etmek (deride, flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, take the mickey out of smb., taunt), alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, quiz, regiment, regimental, ridicule, rub, sneer, taunt, teasing, troops in line, wipe). (various references)

Ukrainian

глумитися (deride, outrage), глум (derision), глузувати (banter, flout, jeer, jest, poke fun, quirk, sneer, taunt, twit), глузування (banter, dig, flout, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, outfling, send up, sneer, twit, wipe, witticism), посміховище (derision, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, pillory, ridicule, target). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lời chế giễu (chaff, jest, mockery, persiflage), lời đùa cợt người bị đem ra l� m trò cười, bữa ăn (repast). (various references)

Welsh

gwawdio (jeer, mock, ridicule), gwawd (ridicule, scorn). (various references)

ralher. (various references)

gaudir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "scoff": scoffed, scoffer, scoffers, scoffing, scofflaw, scofflaws, scoffs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scoff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ackoff, corff, essof, ncopf, Oscroft, scaff, scaffy, Schopf, scif, scof, scoffe, scofff, scofi, scoft, scoif, scoof, scopf, scorf, scouf, skof, skoff, skuf, sloff, soffy, spoff, Tcoff. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coffs.

-1 letter: coff, offs.

-2 letters: cos, off.

-3 letters: of, os, so.

+1 letter: scoffs.

+2 letters: castoff, coffees, coffers, coffins, coffles, coiffes, cutoffs, offcast, offcuts, offices, scoffed, scoffer.

+3 letters: castoffs, chiffons, coffrets, cookoffs, kickoffs, offcasts, offences, officers, pickoffs, scaffold, scoffers, scoffing, scofflaw.

+4 letters: checkoffs, coeffects, coiffeurs, coiffeuse, coiffures, cowlstaff, crossruff, effectors, forefaces, knockoffs, officials, officious, offscreen, scaffolds, scofflaws, suffocate, uncoffins.

+5 letters: affections, coffeepots, cofferdams, coiffeuses, cowlstaffs, crossruffs, effloresce, officiants, officiates, scaffolded, suffocated, suffocates, tuffaceous.