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Adjective

Derisive or contemptuous

Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

Questioning or suggesting puzzlement

Experiencing or showing doubt or skepticism

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 give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh

Present participle for challenge, defy someone

Present participle for to bring shame or discredit on

Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of

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Adjective

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Derisive or contemptuous

smart-arsed^UK

smart-assed^US

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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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Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

too big for your boots

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

pleased with yourself

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

too big for your britches

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

blowing one's own horn

wrapped up in oneself

of preconceived ideas

smart-arsed^UK

throwing weight around

throwing one's weight about

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

smart-assed^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

not backwards in coming forwards

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

blowing one's own trumpet

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Adjective

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Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

wintry^US

wintery^UK

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

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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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Experiencing or showing doubt or skepticism

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

taking something with a pinch of salt

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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

imperceptible to the touch

figment of imagination

product of someone's imagination

idealized^US

idealised^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

marvelous^US

out of touch with reality

fantasized^US

marvellous^UK

fantasised^UK

created out of thin air

flakey^US

flaky^UK

too good for this world

in a world of your own

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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

backhanded compliment

pulling someone's chain

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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

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

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

good-humoured mockery

pulling someone's chain

backhanded compliment

humour^UK

humor^US

pleasant conversation

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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

laughing out of court

messing around

pulling someone's leg

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

dishonoring^US

blowing raspberries at

pulling someone's chain

playing a practical joke

looking down upon

trash-talking

look down one's nose at

setting up

turning your nose up at

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

shouting disapproval at

making a laughing-stock

making someone a laughing stock

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

giving Bronx cheer

holding up to scorn

treating with disdain

turning up one's nose

victimizing^US

considering beneath you

maligning

slandering

considering beneath one

spitting in the eye of

turning back on

spitting in the face of

giving the Bronx cheer to

mistreating

antagonizing^US

ill-treating

libeling^US

libelling^UK

victimising^UK

doing an injustice to

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting somebody's feelings

throwing shade

stepping on one's toes

cutting to the quick

casting aspersions on

stepping on the toes of

hitting where one lives

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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

symbolising^UK

symbolizing^US

modeling^US

epitomizing^US

modelling^UK

epitomising^UK

following the example of

taking leaf out of book

following in footsteps

putting up a front of

patterning yourself after

pirating

saying again

following in the footsteps of

taking a leaf out of someone's book

repeating mechanically

cheating

trotting out

circulating bad money

adopting the style of

equaling^US

rivalling^UK

equalling^UK

rivaling^US

having signs of

bearing a resemblance to

looking a lot like

bearing resemblance to

patterning oneself on

taking as a role model

favouring^UK

favoring^US

giving the appearance of

going through the motions of

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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

baulking^UK

balking^US

digging your heels in

taking law into own hands

not heeding

refusing to comply

flying in face of

paying no attention to

failing to observe

failing to comply with

committing a breach of

trespassing

transgressing against

taking to the streets

refusing to obey orders

taking part in an uprising

taking part in an insurrection

mobilizing^US

mobilising^UK

kicking over the traces

hindering

refuting

rising in opposition

refusing to accept the authority of

taking up arms against

setting your face against

riding roughshod over

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

setting little store by

doing an injustice to

dishonoring^US

pummelling^UK

thinking too little of

giving a bad name

putting away

laying into

throwing brickbats at

knocking off high horse

setting too little store by

underpricing

failing to appreciate

holding forth against

blackening the name of

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

criticizing unfairly

blackening the character of

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

giving something a battering

giving a bad press to

dragging through the mire

arraigning

casting down

reducing to the ranks

blackening someone's name

slinging mud

running smear campaign

running a smear campaign against

spreading scandal about

letting someone have it

judging

pinning it on

proscribing

giving something a bad press

giving someone a bad press

lowering the status of

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Verb

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

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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

Verb

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Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of

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