To dismiss something as unimportant.
To pass the time with frivolous and amusing conversation.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To scoff, to express contempt.
To reject, turn down.
A display of disdain; a slight.
Contempt or disdain.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.