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To smirk or laugh in a contemptuous or mocking manner

To mock, ridicule or snub with disdain or contempt

To yell or shout loudly or angrily

To frown or scowl with a grimace

To make hurtful and untrue comments about

A contemptuous or mocking smirk or laugh

A contemptuous or mocking remark or taunt

A twisted expression on one's face, typically expressing displeasure or wry amusement

A pleased, kind, or amused facial expression

A short, half-suppressed laugh

A joke, typically a critical or unkind one

The act of growling or scowling with anger or irritation

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Verb

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.”

Verb

To mock, ridicule or snub with disdain or contempt

treat with contempt

be contemptuous of

have a crack at

hold in contempt

take a swipe at

give Bronx cheer

hold up to ridicule

make cutting remarks about

say contemptuously

curl your lip at

turn up one's nose

turn your nose up at

take the piss out of

poke mullock at

take the mickey

cock a snook at

make jokes about

laugh out of court

show contempt for

treat contemptuously

be sarcastic about

make a monkey out of

make a monkey of

laugh in the face of

treat with disdain

be scornful about

bite one's thumb at

make someone a laughing stock

expose to ridicule

make a laughing-stock

hold up to shame

hold in disdain

look down one's nose at

regard with contempt

blow raspberries

shout disapproval

give a hard time

rub up the wrong way

pull someone's leg

get on your nerves

hit where one lives

get under your skin

get in your hair

get your back up

treat disrespectfully

cast aspersions on

pull someone's chain

put your back up

make somebody's hackles rise

take a rise out of

raise your hackles

get a rise out of

get on the nerves of

be on the back of

get in the hair of

hurl insults at

play a practical joke on

shout catcalls at

have a joke with

ruffle one's feathers

give the cold shoulder

play a practical joke

get across someone

get on one's nerves

work into lather

try your patience

rub the wrong way

send into a rage

make your blood boil

give someone the hump

take advantage of

do an injustice to

step on the toes of

give offence to

cause offence to

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

drive up the wall

give someone grief

hurt somebody's feelings

get on someone's case

bend someone's ear

breathe down someone's neck

get on your wick

step on one's toes

cut to the quick

be on your back

run up the wrong way

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

Verb

To yell or shout loudly or angrily

let everybody know

speak brusquely

round on someone

jump down someone's throat

fly off the handle at

jump down one's throat

raise your voice

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Verb

To frown or scowl with a grimace

make a wry face

screw up one's face

contort one's face

distort one's face

deform one's face

misshape one's face

give someone dirty looks

purse your lips

give a dirty look

give someone a death stare

furrow one's brows

give the evil eye

stick one's lip out

make a long face

turn down the corners of your mouth

pull a long face

turn the corners of one's mouth down

look daggers at

look angrily at

look menacingly

look threateningly

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Verb

To make hurtful and untrue comments about

drag through the mud

drag through the mire

cast aspersions on

give a bad name

spread scandal about

do a hatchet job on

tell lies about

run a smear campaign against

blacken someone's name

run smear campaign

sully someone's reputation

defame someone's character

give a black eye

bring into disrepute

bring discredit to

bring shame upon

reflect badly on

tar and feather

rip up and down

blacken the name of

spread lies about

inveigh against

sully the reputation of

cut to the quick

fulminate against

throw brickbats at

drag someone's name through the mud

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

take down a peg

put in a bad light

write false reports about

hit where one lives

spread tales about

drag name through mud

find fault with

blacken the character of

drag someone's name through the mire

cut down to size

drag through mud

cast aspersions

vituperate against

give a bad name to

put someone in their place

make someone eat crow

take down a peg or two

cause to lose face

kick in the teeth

slap in the face

injure one's reputation

damage one's good name

criticize unfairly

taint someone's name

tarnish someone's name

injure the reputation of

blacken someone's character

stain someone's good name

sully someone's name

soil someone's name

give offence to

cause offence to

treat disrespectfully

hurt somebody's feelings

step on one's toes

put your back up

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

give the cold shoulder

show in a bad light

ruin the reputation of

bring into disfavour

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

read the riot act

give someone a dressing-down

tear a strip off

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Noun

A contemptuous or mocking smirk or laugh

conceited smile

disparaging smile

contemptuous smile

mirthless smile

curl of the lip

“Advancing toward me, with a sneer on his face, he points a finger at me.”

Noun

A contemptuous or mocking remark or taunt

slap in the face

backhanded compliment

snappy comeback

taking the mickey

pulling someone's chain

disparaging remark

kick in the teeth

pointed comment

superciliousness

misrepresentation

black humour^UK

distorted representation

false impression

exaggerated drawing

exaggerated representation

distorted drawing

clowning around

poor substitute

contemptuousness

witty conversation

misappreciation

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“Let it measure itself with the brawny strength of some coarse but intellectual assailant, or face the sneer of some rude scoffer or some discerning skeptic.”

Noun

A twisted expression on one's face, typically expressing displeasure or wry amusement

Noun

A pleased, kind, or amused facial expression

Noun

A short, half-suppressed laugh

Noun

A joke, typically a critical or unkind one

double entendre

sardonic remark

shaggy dog story

witty communication

good-natured remark

nice turn of phrase

shaggy-dog story

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

snappy comeback

figure of speech

figurative expression

amusing anecdote

suggested meaning

witty conversation

pleasant conversation

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Noun

The act of growling or scowling with anger or irritation

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