scoff
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
showing your contempt by derision
Types & categories
- derision hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
laugh at with contempt and derision
The crowd jeered at the speaker
Types & categories
- twit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
treat with contemptuous disregard
flout the rules
Types & categories
- discount hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flout |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jeer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | derision |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mockery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mocker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | twit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mockery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mocker |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | discount |