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
Great Again movement, fueled in part by anger over Kirk's stunning assassination, have mostly scoffed at these criticisms, however.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Hamparian scoffed at the sentiment.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
The bite was great, the barge remained popular and it should be noted that not only were there no limits in those days, anglers of the era would have scoffed at the notion of catch and release.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
The head coach also scoffed at any notion of evaluating year-over-year growth for Nix.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
Skeptics scoffed, yet Musk hit many of those goals, pushing Tesla past the trillion-dollar valuation threshold in 2021.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Occasionally, one side quietly but audibly scoffed at an opposing speaker.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have scoffed at her research background, especially during her Senate confirmation hearing.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Still, that’s not to be scoffed at.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Hamparian scoffed at the sentiment.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
The bite was great, the barge remained popular and it should be noted that not only were there no limits in those days, anglers of the era would have scoffed at the notion of catch and release.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
The head coach also scoffed at any notion of evaluating year-over-year growth for Nix.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
Skeptics scoffed, yet Musk hit many of those goals, pushing Tesla past the trillion-dollar valuation threshold in 2021.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Occasionally, one side quietly but audibly scoffed at an opposing speaker.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Republicans, however, have scoffed at her research background, especially during her Senate confirmation hearing.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Still, that’s not to be scoffed at.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffed
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The Fujiwhara effect kicked in, and Hinnamnor and the depression interacted and rotated until the typhoon devoured the depression.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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That’s almost the scale of electricity that Sam Altman and his partners say will be devoured by their next wave of AI data centers—a single corporate project consuming more power, every single day, than two American cities pushed to their breaking point.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The fungus releases spores that rise into the air and can be inhaled, Thompson said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Scoffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoffed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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