ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -scoff, jeer, gibe, fleer, sneer, flout mean to show one’s contempt in derision or mockery. scoff stresses insolence, disrespect, or incredulity as motivating the derision. jeer suggests a coarser more undiscriminating derision.

Detailed explanation-2: -scoff in American English (skɑf; skɔf ) noun. an expression of mocking contempt, scorn, or derision; jeer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of scoff are fleer, flout, gibe, jeer, and sneer. While all these words mean “to show one’s contempt in derision or mockery, ” scoff stresses insolence, disrespect, or incredulity as motivating the derision.

Detailed explanation-4: -scoff. verbmake fun of; despise. belittle. boo. contemn.

Detailed explanation-5: -: to laugh at and talk about someone or something in a way that shows disapproval and a lack of respect. [no object] He scoffed when she told him that she planned to become an actress. He scoffed at the idea/notion/suggestion of her becoming an actress.