'Scoffing' definitions:

Definition of 'scoffing'

noun

Showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]

From: GCIDE

Scoff \Scoff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scoffed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoffing.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude, Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See Scoff, n.] To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at. [1913 Webster]
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See Sneer. [1913 Webster]