scoffed (at)

verb

Definition of scoffed (at)next
past tense of scoff (at)
as in shrugged off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffed (at)
  1. dismissed
  2. scorned
  3. mocked
  4. flouted
Verb
  • Just one day earlier, Kohli had been dismissed yet again by Boland after fending outside the off-stump and caught behind the wicket.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This lawless case should have never been brought and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Washington's social and media elite scorned their style.
    Brian Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style.
    Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of scorned
Verb
  • When the Lions hired Campbell, they were mocked nationally for trusting their team to a meathead.
    Nick Baumgardner, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Others will be mocked, marginalized, and even vilified.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of mocked
Verb
  • But the ban was widely flouted, so in 2019 a tougher law was introduced.
    Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The emergency declaration comes days after the county flouted a demand by the state to shut down Los Padrinos after inspectors repeatedly found the hall was dangerously short-staffed, with hundreds of workers out on medical leave or calling out due to dangerous conditions.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of flouted
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“Scoffed (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoffed%20%28at%29. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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