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Meanings of scoffing in English

Catalan
escarni

Showing your contempt by derision.

escarni
Usage of scoffing in English
1
The madman at this moment was scoffing at the justice of God.
Joan of Naples / Celebrated Crimes
2
Well, you need some sort of diversion when you're scoffing your soup.
The Irish Times
3
It was so strange to me not to be scoffing and despising.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
4
The crowd that had gathered listened to him without any discernible scoffing.
The book of disquiet
5
I wag the laughing stock, a subject of scoffing and ridicule, often.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure
6
Where they found good land they settled, scoffing at the Dutch remonstrances.
This Country of Ours
7
What were they, the scoffing legionaries, doing in a Jewish religious procession?
Ben-Hur
8
His bitter and scoffing speech had inflicted keener wounds than his ambition.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
9
Arnaud, however, in his slight scoffing disparagement, declined individually to annoy himself.
Linda Condon
10
She felt that he was scoffing, but it mattered little to her.
Beverly of Graustark
11
He uttered a scoffing sound too bitter to be called a laugh.
The Top of the World
12
The captain drives the scoffing mob away, bidding the women come nearer.
The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches
13
The doctor was not wearing his usual cheerful and slightly scoffing expression.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
14
There was an unmistakable ring of sternness behind Wingarde's deliberately scoffing tone.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
15
Possibly also Violet's scoffing attitude towards her adorers had fostered her indifference.
The Keeper of the Door
16
Her hostess's scoffing reference to him made her long to get away.
The Top of the World
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Scoffing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common