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Scoff (Verb)

Laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Many of her peers began to scoff at her dreams of becoming a professional artist.
He scoffed at the idea of working a 9-to-5 job for the rest of his life.
She scoffed at her sister's warnings about the dangers of reckless spending.
When his dad told him to get a haircut, the teenager scoffed and stormed out of the room.
They scoffed at the amateurish attempts of their rivals in the business world.

Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

She scoffed the idea of going to the gym every day, saying it was unrealistic and expensive.
The student's refusal to follow the school rules was seen as an attempt to scoff at authority.
The tourists seemed to scoff at the local customs, disobeying signs and touching restricted artifacts.
His tendency to scoff at the law led to him eventually facing serious consequences.
The activist accused the corporation of trying to scoff environmental regulations to increase profits.