scoff
/skɒf/
verb
[no object]
Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
noun
1 An expression of scornful derision.
1.1 archaic An object of ridicule.
Origin
Middle English (first used as a noun in the sense ‘mockery, scorn’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
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Alice scoffed at his remark. Henry sulked and sank into himself, chagrined.
