SCOFFED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

scoffed

verb

past tense of scoff

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game

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Recent Examples of scoffed Trump scoffed at questions about affordability, insisting that they'd been caused by Biden, who left office more than two years ago. — ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026 Jamie Florez, the Hispanic communications director of the Republican National Committee, scoffed at recent polling suggesting a shift in Hispanic voters towards Democrats. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 When McGirr’s debut McQueen collection walked the runway in March of 2024 in Paris, some raved and some scoffed. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 Lee scoffed at the notion such a large-scale project deserved a federal exemption. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Traditionalists scoffed at the ‘plastic’ boats, but the Swan 36 featured a revolutionary underwater design. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 But Jobs, who scoffed at formal succession planning and kept a tight lid on his company’s operations, did take the issue seriously, corporate governance experts told CNN. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 In his column, Gigot scoffed at the idea that his readers deserve to know when a piece is chatbot-assisted. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The president scoffed at the notion that anyone named may suffer consequences, even though Mexico is one of the world’s most hazardous countries for journalists. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffed

Verb

If the demons find out about her power, she will be devoured.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of devoured

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The chemical is highly corrosive, toxic when inhaled or touched, and flammable under specific concentrations.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
The poorer the air being inhaled by children in Hackney, the more regularly the dust was agitated and the thicker the storm and richer the color inside the box.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026