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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

cliquish collapse

snooty collapse

snotty collapse: dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids"

scornful collapse

clannish collapse: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior; characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty"

supercilious collapse: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

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

taunting collapse

panning 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

sniffy collapse

twitting collapse

razzing collapse

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

raillery collapse

smirking collapse

grinning collapse

sarcasm collapse: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

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

snobbish collapse

scoffing collapse

toplofty collapse

smart alecky collapse

ridiculing collapse

smart ass collapse

sneer collapse: a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls; a contemptuous or scornful remark; smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"; express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"

scorn collapse

quizzical collapse

joshing collapse

haughty collapse

flippancy collapse: inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"

banter collapse: light teasing repartee

flippant collapse: showing inappropriate levity

contumelious collapse: arrogantly insolent

kidding collapse

contemptuous collapse: expressing extreme contempt

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

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