His enemies scoffed at his " tear-drops."
The'mysteries of faith are scoffed at.
The legend alleges that he had been so condemned for having scoffed at Jesus.
Ibrahim, the conqueror of Syria, scoffed at the sultan's idea that reform consisted in putting his soldiers into tight trousers and epaulettes."
But he recovered, scoffed at himself as usual, and prepared more eagerly than ever for the first performance of Irene, on the 16th of March.