scoff:

to mock or ridicule; to speak contemptuously

scoff:

to mock or ridicule; to speak contemptuously

(Verb)

Example sentences:

Ramayana: When Ravana heard that Rama had singlehandedly destroyed the fourteen-thousand-strong regiment of demons, he could no longer scoff at Rama, dismissing him as a mere human. 

Mahabharata: As the Pandavas walked out of the gambling match, Karna scoffed at them, “Behold the warriors who had to be saved by a woman.” 

Bhagavad-gita: When people scoff at the suggestion that they need tools for controlling their mind, that’s not because they have completely controlled their mind, but because their mind has completely controlled them.  

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