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Adjective

Derisive or contemptuous

Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

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

Questioning or suggesting puzzlement

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome

Characterized by parody or satire

Ridiculous, often to the point of being funny

Noun

Name-calling

The state or property of being haughty

Irreverence, mocking, sarcasm

The act of disparaging or belittling

An act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect

Teasing

Verb

Present participle for to tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

Present participle for to mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously

Present participle for to defy or rebel against

Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

Present participle for to shout, typically to express scorn or disapproval

Present participle for to speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language

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

Present participle for challenge, defy someone

Present participle for to bring shame or discredit on

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Adjective

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Derisive or contemptuous

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

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“It was bitter and mocking and the little engraving was no work of art… but I spent at least fifteen minutes laughing and weeping.”

Adjective

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Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

savoury^UK

savory^US

calling a spade a spade

on the button

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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

looking down your nose at

too big for your breeches

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

throwing one's weight around

too big for your britches

pleased with yourself

throwing one's weight about

phony^US

phoney^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

think too highly of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

in love with oneself

big talking

think a lot of oneself

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Adjective

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Questioning or suggesting puzzlement

enquiring^UK

inquiring^US

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Adjective

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Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

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Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome

colored^US

coloured^UK

phony^US

phoney^UK

economical with the truth

not backed up by evidence

flakey^US

flaky^UK

without justification

labouring under a misapprehension

wide of mark

barking up wrong tree

barking up the wrong tree

without substantiation

without merit

complicated

out of the ordinary

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Adjective

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Characterized by parody or satire

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

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Adjective

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Ridiculous, often to the point of being funny

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Noun

Name-calling

pulling someone's chain

backhanded compliment

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Noun

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The state or property of being haughty

pretence^UK

pretense^US

exaggerated self-opinion

feeling of superiority

phoney^UK

phony^US

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Noun

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Irreverence, mocking, sarcasm

Noun

The act of disparaging or belittling

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

character assassination

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

offense^US

offence^UK

rap over the knuckles

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Noun

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An act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect

pretence^UK

pretense^US

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Noun

Teasing

pulling someone's chain

good-humoured mockery

rancor^US

rancour^UK

offence^UK

offense^US

gird

backhanded compliment

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Verb

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Present participle for to tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

treating with contempt

making sport of

slinging off at

taking the mickey

treating contemptuously

taking the piss out of

making a monkey out of

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

holding up to ridicule

pulling someone's leg

laughing out of court

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

dishonoring^US

pulling someone's chain

making a game of

casting aspersions on

treating disrespectfully

trash-talking

playing a practical joke

throwing shade

look down one's nose at

looking down upon

turning your nose up at

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

getting on the nerves of

shouting disapproval at

turning up one's nose

getting in the hair of

blowing raspberries at

making a laughing-stock

making someone a laughing stock

treating with disdain

expressing contempt

playing a practical joke on

taking a rise out of

getting a rise out of

victimizing^US

giving the Bronx cheer to

spitting in the eye of

spitting on

turning back on

turning down

spitting in the face of

libeling^US

libelling^UK

victimising^UK

doing an injustice to

stepping on the toes of

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

hitting where one lives

laying a bad trip on

giving no quarter

flirting with

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“Social media was swift to criticize and mock her choice of footwear for the occasion.”

Verb

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Present participle for to mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

doing an impression of

taking the piss out of

passing oneself off as

doing an impersonation of

making a monkey out of

representing oneself as

modeling^US

epitomizing^US

modelling^UK

epitomising^UK

following the example of

taking leaf out of book

following in footsteps

trying to be like

faking it

putting up a front of

following in the footsteps of

dramatizing^US

patterning yourself after

dramatising^UK

play-acting

taking a leaf out of someone's book

adopting the style of

symbolizing^US

symbolising^UK

looking like

picturing

bearing a resemblance to

bearing resemblance to

repeating mechanically

equaling^US

rivalling^UK

equalling^UK

rivaling^US

bringing down the house

patterning oneself on

ripping off

reeling off

taking as a role model

playing to the gallery

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“Kevin sat next to her and seemed to mock her mannerisms.”

Verb

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Present participle for to defy or rebel against

flying in the face of

balking^US

baulking^UK

failing to comply with

digging your heels in

taking law into own hands

not heeding

refusing to comply

flying in face of

paying no attention to

committing a breach of

trespassing

fighting

encroaching

transgressing against

taking to the streets

refusing to obey orders

taking part in an uprising

taking part in an insurrection

mobilizing^US

mobilising^UK

setting your face against

riding roughshod over

hindering

refuting

kicking over the traces

refusing to accept the authority of

taking up arms against

mounting the barricades

going on rampage

staging

stirring up trouble

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“He had no desire to mock the rules that govern the production of history.”

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Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

casting aspersions on

dragging through the mud

picking holes in

cutting down to size

doing a hatchet job on

cutting to the quick

taking down a peg

shooting full of holes

look down one's nose at

libeling^US

libelling^UK

commenting negatively

pummelling^UK

setting little store by

rating too low

doing an injustice to

dishonoring^US

thinking too little of

throwing brickbats at

knocking off high horse

setting too little store by

underpricing

failing to appreciate

holding forth against

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

blackening the name of

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

criticizing unfairly

blackening the character of

giving something a battering

giving a bad press to

reducing to the ranks

dragging through the mire

casting a slur on

flinging mud at

blackening someone's name

slinging mud

running smear campaign

running a smear campaign against

spreading scandal about

telling lies about

breaking

disrating

lowering the status of

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Verb

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Present participle for to shout, typically to express scorn or disapproval

Verb

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Present participle for to speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language

Verb

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

Verb

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Present participle for challenge, defy someone

Verb

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Present participle for to bring shame or discredit on

dishonoring^US

libelling^UK

libeling^US

dragging through the mire

dragging through the mud

losing face

putting down

giving a bad name to

putting in a bad light

showing up

tarring and feathering

bringing into disrepute

making someone eat crow

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

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