scoffs
Shows open contempt
Scoffs means mocks or dismisses with contempt.
To scoff at something is to treat it as unworthy of serious consideration: Critics scoffed at the idea, She scoffed when I suggested we could finish by Friday.
The noun scoff is the act itself or a mocking remark.
Scoffs often proves premature—people scoff at innovations that later succeed.
Scornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- jeeringVocal public mockery
contempt · disdain · scorn · dismissive · belittlement · disparagement · insults · jibes
Lack of firm belief
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- incredulityInability to accept something
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- dismissalRemoval from position
rejection · cynicism · distrust · suspicion · dubiousness · uncertainty · misgiving · doubtful
mockery
Scornful ridicule or travesty
jeering · contempt · disdain · scorn · dismissive · belittlement · disparagement · insults · jibes · snide
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- incredulityInability to accept something
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
dismissal · rejection · cynicism · distrust · suspicion · dubiousness · uncertainty · misgiving · doubtful · unconvinced
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- scoff downEat very quickly