0 past simple and past participle of scoff --
1 to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly: --
He scoffed at those who do not approve of economic nationalism.
The proposals have been scoffed at because it was said that loopholes were nonexistent, or were so small that the revenue lost was negligible.
We were scoffed at for doing it, but it gave greater security to the backward nations than anything of the kind we are now discussing.
A few years ago, people would have scoffed at the suggestion of a female astronaut, let alone females in every profession.
He rather scoffed at this question of standard revenue and treated it very lightly.
Indeed, he scoffed at the description of the tax as broadly-based and referred to the wide-range of zero rating.
We have a remedy which is much scoffed at.
The creation of happiness for the greatest number is an ideal that he followed, and it is not to be scoffed at.
