SCOFFED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

scoffed

verb

past tense of scoff

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game

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Recent Examples of scoffed But Jobs, who scoffed at formal succession planning and kept a tight lid on his company’s operations, did take the issue seriously, corporate governance experts told CNN. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 In his column, Gigot scoffed at the idea that his readers deserve to know when a piece is chatbot-assisted. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The president scoffed at the notion that anyone named may suffer consequences, even though Mexico is one of the world’s most hazardous countries for journalists. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Espada scoffed at any notion of needing to call a team meeting. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Or so Gunn assumed, and a good mother is not to be scoffed at, even if good motherhood was sometimes tricky to deal with. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 Russell Westbrook scoffed at the notion that the 2025-26 season could be his last in the NBA after signing with the Sacramento Kings in October. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The idea that schools might directly pay college athletes, whose jerseys sometimes generated millions of dollars in sales, through a revenue-sharing model would have been scoffed at in 2003. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 July 2026 McClintock’s colleagues, obsessed with scientific reductionism, scoffed at her near-spiritual dedication to understanding organismal biology in its fullness and complexity. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffed

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Crabs tore through fishing nets, devoured mollusks at an alarming rate and edged out the native green crab, a local soft-shell specialty.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Ávila, in central Spain.

— Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

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Other critics in Congress have focused on products that can be inhaled and high-potency candy products, as well as the lack of THC caps and testing requirements for those products.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
If disturbed, asbestos’ microscopic crystalline fibers get into the air, where they can be inhaled, cause lung scarring and lead to fatal cancers.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026