scoffed in English

verb
1
speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
department officials scoffed at the allegations
2
eat (something) quickly and greedily.
she scoffed down several chops

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1. He scoffed at our Amateurish attempts

2. 24 Who scoffed all the grapes?

3. 'You, a scientist!' he scoffed.

4. The Greek philosophers scoffed at such a Messiah as foolishness.

5. Her mother bitterly scoffed at the notion: You work!

6. Quite, the others scoffed, but that did not deem it holy.

7. 6 One night a young ferryman scoffed at their fears and rowed across.

8. Synonyms for Crammed in include gobbled, bolted, devoured, gulped, wolfed, guzzled, Crammed, scoffed, scarfed and demolished

9. 10 Everyone went hungry that day, because the little polar bear scoffed every pack lunch we had.

10. 9 Their philosophy being materialistic and hedonistic, they scoffed at any thoughts of the world to come.

11. Others have walked by Midnite Bagel's stand and scoffed just at the look at the Breadier bagels, Beitcher said

12. People may have scoffed at Enoch and later at Noah, but all such ridiculers drowned in the global Deluge.

13. Initially this was scoffed at as farfetched conjecture, but gradually it has received grudging respect and empirical support.

14. However, their faith that Jesus was the Messiah required that they follow him, even if they were scoffed at.

15. Yeltsin scoffed at the parliament-backed proposal for simultaneous elections, and responded the next day by cutting off electricity, phone service, and hot water in the parliament building.

16. Obama, who later scoffed that it would take a “magic wand” to get those rubes their jobs back, apparently never considered that Contemning people for problems you don’t have and won’t deign to solve is a great way to get yourself succeeded by somebody like Donald Trump.