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Showing words for SCOFFING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Scoffing

scoffing

7 Letter Words for Scoffing

coffing, coffins, goniffs, offings, signoff

6 Letter Words for Scoffing

coffin, coigns, cosign, cosing, goniff, gonifs, incogs, offing

5 Letter Words for Scoffing

cions, coffs, coifs, coign, coing, coins, confs, cosin, ficos, figos, finos, foins, gnoff, goffs, gonif, icons, incog, infos, niffs, nosig, offic, oscin, scion, scoff, sniff, soign, sonic

4 Letter Words for Scoffing

cigs, cion, coff, cogs, coif, coin, conf, cong, coni, cons, fico, fifo, figo, figs, fino, fins, fisc, fogs, foin, fons, gins, gios, goff, gois, gons, icon, info, ingo, iocs, ions, niff, niog, nogs, offs, scog, sign, sing, sion, snig, snog, song

3 Letter Words for Scoffing

cfi, cfs, cgs, cif, cig, cis, cns, cog, con, cos, csi, fcs, fgn, fig, fin, fog, fon, gif, gin, gio, gis, gns, goi, gon, gos, ifc, iff, ifs, ign, inc, inf, ing, ins, iof, ion, ios, isn, iso, nco, nig, nis, nog, nos, off, ois, oni, ons, osi, scf, sci, sic, sif, sig, sin, soc, sog, son

Definitions for Scoffing

[1] to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at ): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
[2] to mock at; deride.
[3] an expression of mockery, derision, doubt, or derisive scorn; jeer.
[4] an object of mockery or derision.
[5] to eat voraciously.
[6] food; grub.
[7] (intr often foll by at ) to speak contemptuously (about); express derision (for); mock
[8] (tr) obsolete to regard with derision
[9] an expression of derision
[10] an object of derision
[11] to eat (food) fast and greedily; devour
[12] food or rations

Words related to Scoffing

scoffsneering, caustic, sharp, acid, scorching, offensive, corrosive, bitter, evil, disparaging, mocking, cutting, carping, hostile, disillusioned, jeering, biting, mordant, backhanded, mean

Words nearby Scoffing

scoffsclerotomy, sclerotylosis, sclerous, scm, scody, scoff, scofflaw, scofield, scoinson arch, scoke, scold

Origin of Scoffing

2First recorded in 1855–60; earlier scaff; origin uncertain

Other words from Scoffing

scoff·er , noun
scoff·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Scoffing

C19: variant of scaff food; related to Afrikaans, Dutch schoft quarter of the day, one of the four daily meals

Synonyms for Scoffing

acid, backhanded, biting, bitter, carping, caustic, chaffing, corrosive, cussed, cutting, disillusioned, disparaging, evil, hostile, jeering, mean, mocking, mordant, needling, offensive, scorching, sharp, snarling, sneering, taunting, twitting, acerb, acerbic, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, brusque, captious, contemptuous, contumelious, cynical, derisive, disrespectful, irascible, ironical, ornery, salty, sardonic, satiric, satirical, saucy, scornful, scurrilous, severe, smart-alecky, trenchant, weisenheiming