Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • RP:
  • US:
  • cot-caught:
  • northern cities vowel shift:

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
  2. (South Africa) Food.
  3. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Verb

  1. To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.
  2. (British) To eat food quickly.
  3. (South Africa) To eat.

Exempel

  • With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
  • There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways [...]
  • The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
  • Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
  • Don't scoff. I really mean it.
  • She scoffed at the idea of showing respect to someone of such low character.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipscoffed
Imperfektscoffed
Presensparticipscoffing
Pluralscoffs
Tredje person singular indicativ presensscoffs