Derision vs. Scoff

Derisionnoun

Act of treating with disdain.

Derisionnoun

Something to be derided; a laughing stock.

Derisionnoun

The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

Derisionnoun

An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

Derisionnoun

contemptuous laughter

Derisionnoun

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

Derisionnoun

contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Scoffnoun

Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

Scoffnoun

An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Scoffnoun

Food.

Scoffverb

(intransitive) To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.

Scoffverb

(transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

Scoffverb

To eat food quickly.

Scoffverb

To eat.

Scoffnoun

Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

Scoffnoun

An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Scoffverb

To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; - often with at.

Scoffverb

To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.

Scoffnoun

showing your contempt by derision

Scoffverb

laugh at with contempt and derision;

Scoffverb

treat with contemptuous disregard;