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Adjective

Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something

Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

Having an especially high opinion of oneself, usually with contempt for others

Noun

Mockery or taunts, or the act of mocking or taunting

The state or property of being haughty

The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect

Verb

Present participle for to smirk or laugh in a contemptuous or mocking manner

Present participle for to mock, ridicule or snub with disdain or contempt

Present participle for to yell or shout loudly or angrily

Present participle for to say something quickly and irritably

Present participle for to give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh

Present participle for to frown or scowl with a grimace

Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

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Adjective

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Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

rubbing the wrong way

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“His sneering remarks about her appearance were both hurtful and uncalled for.”

Adjective

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Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

libelous^US

libellous^UK

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

dishonoring^US

politically incorrect

libeling^US

libelling^UK

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

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Adjective

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Having an especially high opinion of oneself, usually with contempt for others

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

turning up your nose at

full of contempt

looking down your nose at

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

too big for your britches

throwing one's weight about

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Noun

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Mockery or taunts, or the act of mocking or taunting

rancor^US

rancour^UK

pulling someone's chain

backhanded compliment

black humor^US

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“The sneering from the audience only fueled his determination to prove them wrong.”

Noun

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The state or property of being haughty

pretence^UK

pretense^US

exaggerated self-opinion

feeling of superiority

high opinion of oneself

good opinion of oneself

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Noun

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The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

patronizing^US

rancor^US

rancour^UK

patronising^UK

offense^US

offence^UK

disinclination towards

chip on your shoulder

furor^US

furore^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for to smirk or laugh in a contemptuous or mocking manner

“He would constantly sneer at them but they brushed it off and just went about their business.”

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Present participle for to mock, ridicule or snub with disdain or contempt

treating with contempt

holding up to ridicule

looking down on

making cutting remarks about

saying contemptuously

curling your lip at

turning up one's nose

turning your nose up at

taking the piss out of

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

laughing out of court

showing contempt for

treating contemptuously

running down

look down one's nose at

slinging off at

thumbing nose at

railing at

making a monkey out of

treating with disdain

making a laughing-stock

exposing to ridicule

making someone a laughing stock

regarding with contempt

pulling someone's leg

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

dishonoring^US

treating disrespectfully

leading on

casting aspersions on

pulling someone's chain

throwing shade

hitting where one lives

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

minimizing^US

tyrannizing^US

playing a practical joke on

minimising^UK

tyrannising^UK

getting a rise out of

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

hoaxing

libeling^US

libelling^UK

victimizing^US

playing a practical joke

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

scandalising^UK

putting your back up

ruffling one's feathers

confronting

dispraising

giving a zinger

making somebody's hackles rise

terrorizing^US

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

victimising^UK

doing an injustice to

ill-using

imposing on

bullyragging

terrorising^UK

stepping on the toes of

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“There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything they do.”

Verb

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Present participle for to yell or shout loudly or angrily

Verb

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Present participle for to say something quickly and irritably

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Present participle for to give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh

giving a half-suppressed laugh

snorting

giving a suppressed laugh

crowing

laughing like a drain

falling about

roaring with laughter

bursting out laughing

creasing up

hooting

shaking with laughter

dissolving into laughter

shrieking with laughter

howling with laughter

laughing irritatingly

hooting with laughter

falling down laughing

having hysterics

expressing amusement

rolling in the aisles

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Present participle for to frown or scowl with a grimace

screwing up one's face

Verb

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Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

libelling^UK

libeling^US

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mud

dragging through the mire

casting aspersions on

spreading scandal about

doing a hatchet job on

running a smear campaign against

blackening someone's name

running smear campaign

minimizing^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

minimising^UK

bringing into disrepute

disrespecting

lambasting

soiling

bringing discredit to

tarring and feathering

ripping up and down

offending

berating

blackening the name of

pummelling^UK

sullying the reputation of

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

throwing brickbats at

dragging someone's name through the mud

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

putting in a bad light

showing up

dispraising

writing false reports about

hitting where one lives

spreading tales about

marking wrong

calling names

dragging name through mud

finding fault with

blackening the character of

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

causing to lose face

injuring one's reputation

damaging one's good name

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

blaming

hurting somebody's feelings

displeasing

crucifying

haranguing

stepping on one's toes

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

bawling out

raising your hackles

giving the cold shoulder

putting your back up

ruffling one's feathers

confronting

giving a zinger

making somebody's hackles rise

giving someone a dressing-down

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