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sneered
[sneer] 
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sneer
[sneer]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mock, condemn |
| Synonyms: | affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one's lip at, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | flout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show contempt for |
| Synonyms: | affront, defy, deride, disregard, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, laugh at, mock, outrage, quip, repudiate, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, thumb nose at |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
| Antonyms: | honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | gibe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | deride, dis, disrespect, flout, jeer, make fun of, mock, poke fun at, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt |
| Antonyms: | admire, commend, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | gird |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make fun of |
| Synonyms: | deride, flout, fun at, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, poke, quip, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | grimace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a pained expression |
| Synonyms: | contort, deform, distort, frown, make a face, make a wry face, misshape, mouth, mug, scowl, screw up one's face, smirk, sneer |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, offend |
| Synonyms: | abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan, provoke, put down*, revile, ridicule, roast, scoff, slam*, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one's toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heckle |
| Synonyms: | banter, comeback, contemn, deride, dig*, fleer, flout, gibe, hector, hoot, jab, jest, laugh at, make a crack, mock, poke fun, put down, put on, quip, ridicule, scoff, sneer, snipe, taunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, deride, flout, fool, fun*, gibe, gird, jeer, jive, jolly*, josh, kid, mock, needle, put on, quip, rag, razz, rib, roast, scoff, sneer, spoof, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leer |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | look at longingly |
| Synonyms: | eye, eyeball, gloat, goggle, ogle, smirk, sneer, squint, stare, wink |
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