scoff

1. 1.

   showing your contempt by derision

   Synonymsjeerjeeringmockeryscoffing

   Broaderderision

Other forms of scoff

plural

scoffs·

past tense

scoffed·

present participle

scoffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scoff

What does scoff mean?

scoff means "laugh at with contempt and derision". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scoff?

scoff has 1 syllable: scoff. In IPA it is /ˈskɔf/.

What is another word for scoff?

Close synonyms include jeer, flout, barrack, gibe, flout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scoff a common word?

scoff is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.