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derisive: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

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sardonic collapse: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman

satirical collapse: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

derogative collapse: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

pejorative collapse

reproachful collapse

defamatory collapse

condemnatory collapse: containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree"

judgmental collapse: depending on judgment; "a judgmental error"; "I think that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist"

discourteous collapse: showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"; lacking social graces

scornful collapse

libelous collapse

slanderous collapse

irreverent collapse: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"

challenging collapse: disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile"; stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"

bantering collapse: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

sassy collapse

taunting collapse

leering collapse: showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell; (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys"

panning collapse

railing collapse: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports; material for making rails or rails collectively

sarcastic collapse: expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

vilifying collapse

cheeky collapse

damnatory collapse: threatening with damnation

belittling collapse: the act of belittling; tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

wise ass collapse

razzing collapse

twitting collapse

biggety collapse

mocking collapse: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

disrespectful collapse: exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"

sneering collapse

bumptious collapse: offensively self-assertive

deprecatory collapse

disparaging collapse

saucy collapse

derogatory collapse

catty collapse: any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

smirking collapse

defiant collapse: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

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