scoffed (at)

verb

past tense of scoff (at)
as in shrugged off

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  1. shrugged off
  2. dismissed
  3. rejected
  4. scorned
  5. mocked
  6. flouted
  7. disobeyed
Verb
  • Teskey also shrugged off concerns about an AI data center bubble.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • For the most part, however, the market shrugged off those arguments and the buying continued.
    — Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of shrugged off
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  • Scott first attended Arizona State on a partial golf scholarship, but was dismissed from the team after an incident with a visiting recruit.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
  • In our most recent conversation, Gershman dismissed the account Sebold gave in her memoir and downplayed the parts of her testimony that were more ambiguous.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The Senate, the upper house where conservatives hold a majority, rejected the bill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
  • Born in 1946 amid the bombing of Frankfurt, Ruppert instead developed a psychosexual cosmology that rejected neat distinctions between prey and predator.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • 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 scorned
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  • Florida State coach Mike Norvell, hailed for building a behemoth through the portal in 2023, is now never-endingly mocked by rivals.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Hilton was quickly mocked, with online commenters pointing out that authentic Mexican street tacos are served in soft tortillas, cooked up by street vendors, and that the hard-shell varieties found in a fast-food chain do not count as the real deal.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026
Definition of mocked
Verb
  • Deadly fires are common in India, where building laws and safety norms are often flouted by builders and residents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • That order has been faltering, flouted repeatedly by the powerful who have faced no consequences for aggression, leaving the world overall more dangerous for everyone else.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Definition of flouted
Verb
  • However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags.
    — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The group says Ensign misled courts, disobeyed court orders and failed to intervene when lawyers under his supervision engaged in misconduct.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of disobeyed
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“Scoffed (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoffed%20%28at%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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