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Definition of Scoffing
1. Noun. Showing your contempt by derision.
Generic synonyms: Derision
Derivative terms: Jeer, Jeer, Mock, Scoff, Scoff, Scoff, Scoff
Definition of Scoffing
1. Verb. (present participle of scoff) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scoffing
1. scoff [v] - See also: scoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoffing
Literary usage of Scoffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1885)
"What is the end of him who is a scoffing man ? 4-6. What is the end of the idle,
the malicious, and the lazy man ? 7. What is the end of a false-hearted one ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"Insulting) word; word of scorn, sneering (1. scoffing) word ... abusive language,
sneering, Jeering, scoffing. pilkki (shoe-)peg. ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer: Or Short Reflections Upon the Faith, Life, and by Ambrose Serle (1830)
"ON THE SPIRIT OF scoffing. IT is no less ungracious than unwise to indulge a
scoffing temper in our souls. ..."
4. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster: Preached at the by Theodore Parker (1853)
"think of him at Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse, scoffing at modern men, ... Think of
him, full of the Old Testament and dear Isaac Watts, scoffing at the higher ..."
5. Elements of Moral Philosophy by Jasper Adams (1837)
"It is not necessary to say, that levity in regard to these subjects, or any of
them, and still more all sneering and scoffing, are totally inconsistent with ..."
6. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"Insulting) word; word of scorn, sneering (1. scoffing) word; sneer, jeer, fling,
taunt, gibe, flout; ... abusive language, sneering, Jeering, scoffing. ..."
7. Sermons by Hugh Blair (1822)
"ON scoffing AT RELIGION. '•• There shall come in the last days scoffers.—2 PETER,
ili. S, AS the Christian religion is adverse to the inclinations and ..."
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