SCOFFED (AT) Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

scoffed (at)

verb

past tense of scoff (at)

as in shrugged off

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By the week’s end, countries with ties to Tehran had so far shrugged off the threat and analysts were left underwhelmed by the US actions.

— Yash Roy, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Equity markets have also largely shrugged off the potential ramifications of the conflict, with global stocks seeing a broad rally this year as corporate earnings optimism outweighed concerns about the war's implications for the world economy.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of shrugged off

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The decision follows a separate antitrust ruling last year, when a judge rejected calls to force Google to divest Chrome.

— MacKenzie Sigalos,Drew Troast, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Newcastle made an offer to Marseille for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in early August, though the 31-year-old rejected the move.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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Now that the Chicago Bears have scorned Portage’s bid to build a stadium on the city’s north side, the Redevelopment Commission plans to repackage the site before offering it to other developers.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
James scorned his home area of Northeast Ohio, with Akron and Cleveland as his only homes, to that point.

— Zach Harper, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Trump has all but severed America’s system of alliances, mocked and bullied Ukraine’s president, and showered praise upon Kim Jong Un.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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After eleven slaveholding states seceded to form the Confederacy, Republican lawmakers passed and Lincoln signed a bill that flouted Dred Scott by prohibiting slavery in the territories.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The singer, who recently tied the knot with Callum Turner, flouted the traditional dress code while celebrating her friend’s upcoming nuptials.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of flouted

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Once upon a time, but not so long ago, there was a woman who disobeyed her father by loving another man.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Ulysses expresses sorrowful regret for having disobeyed Zeus’ Law – essentially the Golden Rule – in sacking Troy.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

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