scoff

Critics scoffed, saying his actions do just the opposite.

Mayers scoffed at the accusations and accused Ephron of extortion, telling him to “stop making s— up” and “call the police if i ‘shot’ @ u u weirdo.”

When Hannah tells her mother that others have told her to give up photography to get a job that makes money, Shelly scoffs.

In the beginning, many scoffed at the temerity of a peanut farmer and one-term governor running for the highest office in the land.

A smaller part is nothing to scoff at, either.