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

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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"

scornful collapse

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

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

panning 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"

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

razzing collapse

twitting collapse

sneering collapse

plagiarism collapse: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own; a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

smirking collapse

grinning collapse

adoption collapse: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"; a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

jeering collapse

disdainful collapse: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

scoffing collapse

appropriation collapse: a deliberate act of acquisition; money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

smart alecky collapse

ridiculing collapse

comic collapse: of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"

smart ass collapse

quizzical collapse

joshing collapse

flippant collapse: showing inappropriate levity

simulation collapse: the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training); (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

kidding collapse

infringement collapse

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

pastiche collapse: a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

roasting collapse: cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"

taking collapse

hissing collapse

teasing collapse: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"; arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile"

fooling collapse: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

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