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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, foolery, gibe, irony, jab, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, mordancy, needling, parody, parting shot, persiflage, put-on, putdown, raillery, rally, razz, rib, roast, sarcasm, sardonicism, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe, taunt, taunting, travesty |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find fault with |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, asperse, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, censure, chasten, chide, criticize, denounce, disparage, dress down, expostulate, give a talking-to, jump on, keep aft, lay down the law, lecture, light into, nag, objurate, preach, put down, rail, rake over the coals, rate, ream, rebuke, recriminate, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, take to task, taunt, tell off, upbraid, vilify, vituperate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | scorn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in contempt; look down on |
| Synonyms: | abhor, avoid, be above, confute, consider beneath one, contemn, defy, deride, despise, disdain, disregard, flout, gibe, hate, ignore, make fun of, mock, put down, refuse, refute, reject, renounce, repudiate, ridicule, run down, scoff at, shun, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, trash*, turn back on, turn nose up at |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneer |
| 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: | tantalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, tease |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, baffle, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, charm, entice, fascinate, frustrate, gnaw, harass, harry, keep hanging, lead on, make mouth water, pester, plague, taunt, thwart, titillate, torment, torture, worry |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | tease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aggravate, provoke |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, devil, disturb, dog*, gibe, give a hard time, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hector, importune, jive, josh, lead on, mock, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, plague, put down*, rag, rally, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, send up, slam, snap, sound, spoof, swipe at, tantalize, taunt, torment, vex, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | razz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, heckle, jest, joke, kid, needle, raspberry, rib, taunt, tease |
| Main Entry: | fleer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smirk |
| Synonyms: | grimace, grin, jeer, laugh, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt |
| Main Entry: | fighting words |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | threatening words |
| Synonyms: | taunt, terms of disparagement, threat |
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