scoff: stresses a derision motivated by insolence, disrespect, or incredulity: ~ed at the religious faith of others.


jeer: suggests a coarser more undiscriminating derision: the crowd ~ed the visiting team.


gibe: implies a taunting either good-naturedly OR in sarcastic derision: ~d at him for repeatedly missingthe ball.


fleer: suggests a grinning or grimacing derisively: the freshmen were greeted by ~ing seniors.  （grin咧嘴笑露齿笑呲牙to smile broadly with mouth open, 如Dennis appeared, grinning cheerfully丹尼斯出现了，高兴地咧着嘴笑）  （grimace做怪相鬼脸an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face，如the clown grimaced at the children小丑向孩子们做鬼脸，又如I sipped the coffee and grimaced我抿了口咖啡后做了个怪相）


sneer: stresses an insulting by contemptuous facial expression, phrasing, or tone of voice: ~ed at anything even remotely romantic.


flout: stresses a showing of contempt by refusal to heed or by denial of a thing's truth or power: ~ed the conventions of polite society.


scoff嘲笑: 因为傲慢不相信不尊敬而嘲笑， jeer大声嘲笑: 表示更加粗鲁不加区分的嘲笑，声音大，gibe嘲弄: 嘲弄挑衅(taunt)，良性或恶意(sarcastic的讽刺是为了使人疼)，fleer狞笑: 咧嘴笑做怪脸，表示嘲笑，sneer讥笑冷笑: 通过面部表情或用辞或语调表现轻蔑，flout无视: 拒绝注意或承认。



记忆方法：1）首字母SGJFSF把GF想成girlfriend, JF想成讥讽，SS想成傻事<==讥笑


         2）讥笑的意思是由于蔑视而讥讽嘲弄mean to show one's contempt by derision or mockery.     讥讽在171110日帖子里，想成"人的母RDM"记，讽刺的程度递增，即ridicule<deride<mock, 还有两个t, taunt最重到了挑衅程度 ，twit最轻，表示温和幽默地嘲弄，推特twitter来源于该词。