SCOFF (AT) Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

scoff (at)

verb

Definition of scoff (at)

as in to rebel (against)

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Verb

What’s troubling to me, besides the obvious, is the insistence on finding a way to continue to eat animals if your body starts to reject them.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Energy and shipping companies have loudly rejected a similar idea from Iran, under which ships would pay a toll in order to pass through the critical waterway.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 July 2026

Definition of reject

Verb

The case had not gone to trial yet, and the charges were dismissed Wednesday as a result of his death, records show.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
He was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and DUI causing injury, but the second charge was later dismissed after the substances tested for were not found to be present in his blood, the statement at the time read.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Definition of dismiss

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Economies involved in the AI boom will shrug off the effects of the war as equipment sales, rising stock indexes, and perhaps even growing worker productivity promote confidence among businesses and consumers.

— Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Clinicians and patients are much less likely to tolerate robot mistakes that might be shrugged off for consumer robotics, Bhushan said.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026

Definition of shrug off

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Rushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Kimmel mocked McConnell by posting the same exact photo on Instagram with Kimmel’s face apparently photoshopped on to McConnell’s body.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 July 2026

Definition of mock

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Inter Miami’s megastar has further defied time and grown his legend in this tournament.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
For Natalie to be the one to tame Nevaeh with a can of Mace seems to indicate that the scales have fallen from her eyes, but the Bowden children still find room to defy their parents.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of defy

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The season ended with Beth and Rip’s adopted son Carter (Finn Little) being abducted by the family that Beulah scorned when going into business with the infamous Beth Dutton.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026
That sent a chill through a fan base that has been scorned many times by some of the organization’s top players.

— Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of scorn

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Santana-Mateo was booked on charges of breach of peace, engaging police in a pursuit, disobeying the direction of officer, reckless driving, failure to obey a stop sign, failure to drive right, failure to obey a traffic control signal and driving the wrong way on a one way.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
In 2024, the agency claimed that X security staff sometimes had to pointedly disobey Musk in order to remain in compliance.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2026

Definition of disobey

Verb

Responding to the high-level backlash, Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs posted on X Tuesday that the government’s decision did not amount to flouting a Supreme Court order.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2026
Anyone flouting those rules could be fined up to 400 euros ($456).

— Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of flout

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