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Adjective

Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something

Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

Doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile

Noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

The state or property of being haughty

Verb

Present participle for to smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner

Present participle for to mock or condemn

Present participle for to say something quickly and irritably

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

Present participle for make 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

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Adjective

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Showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

libelous^US

libellous^UK

too big for your boots

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

pleased with yourself

too big for one's boots

throwing one's weight around

of fixed views

blatant

too big for one's breeches

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

self-approving

goody-goody

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

too big for one's britches

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

blowing one's own horn

wrapped up in oneself

too big for your breeches

of preconceived ideas

throwing weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

throwing one's weight about

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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Doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

taking something with a pinch of salt

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Noun

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The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

rancor^US

rancour^UK

backhanded compliment

pulling someone's chain

good-humoured mockery

offense^US

offence^UK

bon mot

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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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Verb

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Present participle for to smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner

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

Verb

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Present participle for to mock or condemn

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

treating with contempt

making cutting remarks about

saying contemptuously

turning up your nose

curling one's lip at

looking down on

turning up one's nose

turning your nose up at

holding up to ridicule

taking the piss out of

taking the mickey out of

making a monkey out of

treating contemptuously

blowing raspberries at

slinging off at

making a laughing-stock

thumbing nose at

laughing out of court

showing up

putting on

look down one's nose at

criticising^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

criticizing^US

regarding with contempt

spitting in the face of

renouncing

turning up your nose at

pissing on

trashing

giving the Bronx cheer to

avoiding

considering beneath one

spitting in the eye of

spitting on

turning nose up at

refuting

considering beneath you

hissing

catcalling

interrupting

playing a practical joke

contravening

barracking

violating

turning one's nose up at

shouting disapproval at

infracting

calling names

giving someone a hard time

poking fun

making a crack

going against

transgressing against

failing to observe

failing to comply with

flying in the face of

committing a breach of

treating with disdain

making someone a laughing stock

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

rubbing up the wrong way

niggling

pulling someone's leg

pulling somebody's leg

putting out

hitting where one lives

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

getting on your nerves

pulling someone's chain

putting someone's back up

getting a rise out of

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

playing a practical joke on

agonizing^US

tyrannizing^US

agonising^UK

minimizing^US

tyrannising^UK

putting through wringer

minimising^UK

making someone's hackles rise

giving the cold shoulder

ruffling someone's feathers

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

rubbing salt in wound

dishonoring^US

terrorizing^US

doing an injustice to

stepping on the toes of

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

keeping hanging

perplexing

bullyragging

terrorising^UK

getting under your skin

making someone's blood boil

getting on someone's nerves

rubbing the wrong way

sending into a rage

giving someone the hump

getting in someone's hair

stirring up

trying one's patience

setting on

getting under one's skin

setting one off

getting on one's nerves

trying someone's patience

getting across someone

getting someone's back up

keeping someone hanging on

making mouth water

making someone's mouth water

messing someone around

making a monkey out of someone

messing someone about

running up the wrong way

burning up

grating on

intruding upon

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

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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 say something quickly and irritably

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

jumping down someone's throat

flying off the handle at

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

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

giving a half-suppressed laugh

snorting

giving a suppressed laugh

crowing

laughing like a drain

hooting

falling about

roaring with laughter

bursting out laughing

creasing up

gurgling

busting a gut

shaking with laughter

splitting your sides

doubling up

dissolving into laughter

shrieking with laughter

howling with laughter

laughing irritatingly

hooting with laughter

falling down laughing

having hysterics

expressing amusement

splitting one's sides

rolling in the aisles

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Present participle for make a grimace

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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

shaming

disrespecting

besmearing

bringing discredit to

blackening the name of

tarring and feathering

pummelling^UK

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

wounding

conducting a smear campaign against

throwing brickbats at

dragging someone's name through the mud

blackening the character of

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

hitting where one lives

blackguarding

displeasing

giving offence to

writing false reports about

spreading tales about

marking wrong

calling names

vituperating against

dragging name through mud

attainting

taking down

calling someone names

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

raking over the coals

putting someone in their place

putting in a bad light

making someone eat crow

showing up

taking down a peg or two

causing to lose face

causing a few raised eyebrows amongst

causing raised eyebrows

raising eyebrows amongst

making someone's hackles rise

giving the cold shoulder

ruffling someone's feathers

putting someone's back up

doing an injustice to

doing a disservice to

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

hurting someone's feelings

stepping on one's toes

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