scoffed (at)

past tense of scoff (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffed (at)
Verb
  • After nearly two years of legal wrangling, charges against Perry were dismissed by the state’s highest court.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The case against the man was eventually dismissed, and the lawsuit was settled for $7,500.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Even high-ranking German politicians have scorned the Senate’s plan.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Rosemarie DeWitt and Ron Livingston know that hell hath no fury like a Sex and the City fan scorned.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Saturday Night Live mocked President Joe Biden's recent pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, during the cold open of its latest episode.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Tens of thousands of social media users mocked the death of the health insurance CEO and showed little sympathy after the killing.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Prosecutors said that in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where he is being held, Combs had flouted rules regarding communications and phones and was orchestrating contact with witnesses to buy himself out of the case with false testimony.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • For years, an emboldened Maduro has flouted democratic norms, maintaining power through repression and brazen electoral theft.
    Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
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