Related Words:
- abuse,
- abusive,
- address,
- after-dinner speech,
- allocution,
- assailing,
- assault,
- attack,
- berating,
- billingsgate,
- bitter words,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- calumny,
- causticity,
- censorious,
- chalk talk,
- condemnatory,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- contumely,
- cynicism,
- damnatory,
- debate,
- declamation,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- derisive,
- diatribe,
- disparaging,
- eulogy,
- execrating,
- execration,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- exhortation,
- filibuster,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- funeral oration,
- harangue,
- hard words,
- hortatory address,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- innuendo,
- inveighing,
- irony,
- jawing,
- jeremiad,
- judgmental,
- objurgatory,
- obloquy,
- onslaught,
- opprobrious,
- opprobrium,
- oration,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- philippic,
- pitch,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- priggish,
- public speech,
- rating,
- reading,
- recital,
- recitation,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- revilement,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- sales talk,
- salutatory,
- salutatory address,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- satiric wit,
- say,
- scoffing,
- screed,
- scurrile,
- scurrility,
- scurrilous,
- set speech,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- talk,
- talkathon,
- tirade,
- tongue-lashing,
- truculent,
- valediction,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- vilification,
- vilifying,
- vituperation,
- vituperative
- abusive
collapse - characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
- expressing offensive reproach related words >
- Rabelaisian,
- atrocious,
- back-biting,
- backhand,
- backhanded,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- blasphemous,
- bludgeoning,
- blustering,
- browbeating,
- brutal,
- bulldozing,
- bullying,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- comminatory,
- condemnatory,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- corrupt,
- crooked,
- cruel,
- cursing,
- damnatory,
- defamatory,
- degrading,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- destructive,
- detractory,
- dirty,
- dishonest,
- disparaging,
- dysphemistic,
- epithetic,
- excommunicative,
- excommunicatory,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- fear-inspiring,
- filthy,
- foreboding,
- foul,
- fulminatory,
- harmful,
- hectoring,
- humiliating,
- hurtful,
- imminent,
- imprecatory,
- improper,
- incorrect,
- injurious,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- intimidating,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- judgmental,
- left-handed,
- libelous,
- lowering,
- maledictory,
- maligning,
- menacing,
- minacious,
- minatory,
- minimizing,
- misapplied,
- objurgatory,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offending,
- offensive,
- ominous,
- opprobrious,
- outrageous,
- pejorative,
- perverted,
- priggish,
- profane,
- raw,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ribald,
- ridiculing,
- risque,
- rude,
- scandalous,
- scatologic,
- scoffing,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- smutty,
- terroristic,
- terrorizing,
- threatening,
- threatful,
- truculent,
- unspeakable,
- venal,
- vile,
- vilifying,
- vituperative,
- vulgar,
- wrong
- derisive
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- abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" related words >
- abusive,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- aweless,
- back-biting,
- bantering,
- belittling,
- biggety,
- bitchy,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- bluff,
- bold,
- booing,
- brash,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- bumptious,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catcalling,
- catty,
- censorious,
- chaffing,
- challenging,
- cheeky,
- chutzpadik,
- cocky,
- condemnatory,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- crusty,
- damnatory,
- daring,
- defamatory,
- defiant,
- defying,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detractory,
- discourteous,
- disdainful,
- disparaging,
- disregardful,
- disrespectful,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- facy,
- fleering,
- flip,
- flippant,
- fooling,
- fresh,
- gally,
- gratuitous,
- greatly daring,
- grinning,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- insolent,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- irreverent,
- jeering,
- joshing,
- judgmental,
- kidding,
- leering,
- libelous,
- malapert,
- minimizing,
- mocking,
- nervy,
- objurgatory,
- panning,
- pejorative,
- pert,
- priggish,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- regardless of consequences,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- roasting,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- scandalous,
- scoffing,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- taunting,
- teasing,
- twitting,
- uncalled-for,
- vilifying,
- vituperative,
- wise-ass
- roasting
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- cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours" related words >
- ardent,
- ass-reaming,
- baking,
- banter,
- bantering,
- barbecuing,
- basting,
- bawling-out,
- blistering,
- boiling,
- booing,
- braising,
- brewing,
- broil,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- canicular,
- catcalling,
- catering,
- chaffing,
- chewing,
- cookery,
- cooking,
- cuisine,
- culinary science,
- cussing-out,
- derision,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- domestic science,
- dressing,
- dressing-down,
- ebullient,
- feverish,
- fleering,
- flippancy,
- flippant,
- flushed,
- fooling,
- frying,
- going-over,
- grilling,
- grinning,
- hazing,
- heated,
- hissing,
- home economics,
- hooting,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- jacking-up,
- jeering,
- jesting,
- joking,
- jollying,
- joshing,
- kidding,
- leering,
- levity,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- mockery,
- mocking,
- nutrition,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- pan-broiling,
- panning,
- parching,
- piping hot,
- poaching,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- raillery,
- raking-down,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- reaming,
- reaming-out,
- red-hot,
- ribbing,
- ridicule,
- ridiculing,
- sauteing,
- scalding,
- scoffing,
- scorching,
- searing,
- seething,
- setdown,
- shirring,
- simmering,
- sizzling hot,
- smart,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smartness,
- smirking,
- smoking hot,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- speaking-to,
- steeping,
- stewing,
- sudorific,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- talking-to,
- taunting,
- teasing,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- twitting,
- what-for,
- white-hot
- Bronx cheer,
- assibilation,
- banter,
- bantering,
- birdies,
- blooping,
- blurping,
- boo,
- booing,
- buzz,
- catcall,
- catcalling,
- chaffing,
- derision,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- distortion,
- effervescence,
- effervescent,
- effervescing,
- feedback,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- fleering,
- flippancy,
- flippant,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- fooling,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- grinning,
- hiss,
- hoot,
- hooting,
- howling,
- hum,
- hush,
- hushing,
- jeering,
- joshing,
- kidding,
- leering,
- levity,
- lisp,
- mockery,
- mocking,
- motorboating,
- panning,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- raspberry,
- razz,
- razzing,
- rhonchus,
- ridicule,
- ridiculing,
- roasting,
- rumble,
- scoffing,
- scratching,
- shredding,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilant,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- smart,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smartness,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- snickering,
- sniff,
- sniffing,
- sniffle,
- sniffling,
- sniggering,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snorting,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- snuffling,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squeals,
- squelch,
- squish,
- static,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- swish,
- taunting,
- teasing,
- the bird,
- twitting,
- wheeze,
- wheezing,
- wheezy,
- whish,
- whistle,
- whistles,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- woomping,
- wow,
- wowwows,
- zip
- teasing
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- playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
- arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile" related words >
- aggravating,
- alluring,
- annoying,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- attractive,
- bantering,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- blandishment,
- booing,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catcalling,
- catching,
- chaffing,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- demanding,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- disappointing,
- disturbing,
- dunning,
- enchanting,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- exasperating,
- exciting,
- exotic,
- falling short,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- fleering,
- flippant,
- flirtatious,
- fooling,
- galling,
- glamorous,
- grinning,
- harassing,
- hazing,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- hypnotic,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importune,
- importunity,
- insistent,
- interesting,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irresistible,
- irritating,
- jeering,
- jesting,
- joking,
- jollying,
- joshing,
- kidding,
- leering,
- mesmeric,
- mocking,
- mouth-watering,
- nagging,
- panning,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- piquant,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- prepossessing,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- rallying,
- ravishing,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- ridiculing,
- roasting,
- scoffing,
- second best,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- taunting,
- tempting,
- tickling,
- tiresome,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- twitting,
- unsatisfactory,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- wheedling,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- fooling
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- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter" related words >
- badinage,
- bamboozlement,
- banter,
- bantering,
- befooling,
- bluffing,
- booing,
- buffoonery,
- calculated deception,
- catcalling,
- chaff,
- chaffing,
- circumvention,
- clownishness,
- conning,
- coquetry,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- deceiving,
- deception,
- deceptiveness,
- defrauding,
- delusion,
- delusiveness,
- derision,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- dupery,
- enmeshment,
- ensnarement,
- entanglement,
- entrapment,
- exchange,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- fiddling,
- fleering,
- flimflam,
- flimflammery,
- flippancy,
- flippant,
- flirtation,
- fond illusion,
- foolery,
- fooling around,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- grinning,
- hallucination,
- harlequinade,
- harmless teasing,
- hazing,
- high jinks,
- hissing,
- hoodwinking,
- hooting,
- horseplay,
- idling,
- illusion,
- jape,
- jeering,
- jerking off,
- jest,
- jesting,
- jive,
- joke,
- joking,
- jollying,
- josh,
- joshing,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- leering,
- levity,
- loitering,
- messing around,
- mirage,
- mockery,
- mocking,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- monkeyshines,
- outwitting,
- overreaching,
- panning,
- persiflage,
- phantasm,
- piddling,
- playing,
- playing around,
- pleasantry,
- pottering,
- puttering,
- putting on,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- ridicule,
- ridiculing,
- roasting,
- roughhouse,
- rowdiness,
- scoffing,
- self-deception,
- shenanigans,
- skylarking,
- smart,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smartness,
- smattering,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- snow job,
- song and dance,
- spoofery,
- spoofing,
- sport,
- subterfuge,
- swindling,
- taunting,
- teasing,
- tinkering,
- tomfoolery,
- toying,
- trickiness,
- tricking,
- trifling,
- twit,
- twitting,
- victimization,
- vision,
- willful misconception,
- wishful thinking
- levity
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- a manner lacking seriousness
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness related words >
- absentmindedness,
- absurdity,
- airiness,
- amusement,
- ascent,
- banter,
- big deal,
- booing,
- bounce,
- breeziness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- carefreeness,
- carelessness,
- catcalling,
- chaffing,
- changeableness,
- chirpiness,
- coquettishness,
- daintiness,
- debonairness,
- delicacy,
- derision,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- distraction,
- downiness,
- emptiness,
- ethereality,
- facetiousness,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- fickleness,
- fleering,
- flightiness,
- flimsiness,
- flippancy,
- floatability,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- folly,
- fooling,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- frothiness,
- fun,
- futility,
- gentleness,
- giddiness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- gossameriness,
- grinning,
- heedlessness,
- high glee,
- hilariousness,
- hilarity,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- idleness,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inanity,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsideration,
- inconstancy,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- inobservance,
- jauntiness,
- jeering,
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- jolliness,
- jollity,
- joshing,
- joviality,
- joy,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- lack of weight,
- laughter,
- leering,
- levitation,
- light heart,
- lightheartedness,
- lightmindedness,
- lightness,
- lightsomeness,
- mercuriality,
- mercurialness,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- mockery,
- negligence,
- nonobservance,
- nugacity,
- obliviousness,
- panning,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- playfulness,
- prankishness,
- pranksomeness,
- ragging,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- regardlessness,
- resilience,
- ridicule,
- roasting,
- roguishness,
- scoffing,
- shallowness,
- silliness,
- skittishness,
- slenderness,
- slightness,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smartness,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- softness,
- sportiveness,
- superficiality,
- taunting,
- tenderness,
- thoughtlessness,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialization,
- trivialness,
- twitting,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unconsciousness,
- undependability,
- unheaviness,
- unheedfulness,
- unintentiveness,
- unmindfulness,
- unobservance,
- unpredictability,
- unreliability,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- vacuity,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- volatility,
- waggery,
- waggishness,
- weightlessness,
- yeastiness
- Parthian shot,
- affront,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- back answer,
- barrack,
- be merry with,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- brickbat,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- call names,
- caustic remark,
- chaff,
- comeback,
- conceit,
- contempt,
- contumely,
- crack,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- cut,
- cut at,
- cutting remark,
- deride,
- derision,
- despite,
- dig,
- dig at,
- dishonor,
- disoblige,
- dump,
- dump on,
- enormity,
- epigram,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- fleer,
- fleer at,
- flight of wit,
- flout,
- flouting,
- foolery,
- fun,
- gibe at,
- gibing retort,
- gird,
- give offense to,
- happy thought,
- heckle,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- hurl a brickbat,
- indignity,
- injury,
- insult,
- jab,
- jab at,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jeer at,
- jeering,
- jest,
- jibe,
- jibe at,
- joke,
- josh,
- kid,
- kid around,
- leg-pull,
- make a funny,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- mock,
- mockery,
- mot,
- nasty crack,
- offend,
- offense,
- outrage,
- parting shot,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- play on words,
- pleasantry,
- poke fun at,
- pooh,
- pooh-pooh,
- pun,
- put down,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- rag,
- rail,
- rail at,
- raillery,
- rally,
- rank out,
- razz,
- repartee,
- retort,
- revile,
- rib,
- ridicule,
- riposte,
- rude reproach,
- sally,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- scoff,
- scoff at,
- scoffing,
- scold,
- scout,
- scurrility,
- short answer,
- slam,
- slap,
- slap at,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- sneer,
- sneer at,
- sparkle,
- stroke of wit,
- swipe,
- taunt,
- tease,
- thrust,
- treat with indignity,
- turn of thought,
- twit,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- utter a mot,
- verbal thrust,
- wisecrack,
- witticism
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