scoff
Express open contempt
Scoff means to mock or express contempt, usually through dismissive words or tone: Critics scoffed at the idea, She scoffed when I suggested we could finish on time.
The word implies not just disagreement but derision—treating something as unworthy of serious consideration.
In British slang, scoff is also a verb meaning to eat quickly or greedily: He scoffed the whole pizza.
Vocal expression of scorn
- tauntInsulting provocation
- sneerScornful expression
- gibeScornful teasing remark
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
deride · mock · lampoon · satirize · parody · caricature · tease · jest
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- sneerScornful expression
- spurnRefuse with contempt
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
rebuff · dismiss · disparage · belittle · denigrate · look down on · haughtiness · supercilious
jeer
Vocal expression of scorn
ridicule · deride · mock · lampoon · satirize · parody · caricature · tease · jest · flout
disdain
Scornful disregard
snub · rebuff · dismiss · disparage · belittle · denigrate · look down on · haughtiness · supercilious · condescend
devour
Eat greedily and fast
gorge · inhale · demolish · polish off · bolt · stuff · cram · guzzle · hoover · shovel
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- incredulityInability to accept something
- dismissSend away or reject
cynicism · distrust · suspicion · reject · discredit · disregard · wave off · brush off · pooh-pooh · pshaw
- contemptcontempt, scorn, disdain, despise, derision
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- dismissive behaviorssnub, scorn, ignore, disdain, dismissal
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- brush-offsbrush off, brush-off, cold shoulder, ignore, snub
- scoff downEat very quickly