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needling
adjective as in sarcastic
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adjective as in satiric
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- acerb
- acid
- acrimonious
- arrogant
- austere
- backhanded
- bitter
- brusque
- captious
- carping
- chaffing
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- cussed
- cutting
- cynical
- derisive
- disillusioned
- disparaging
- disrespectful
- evil
- hostile
- irascible
- ironical
- jeering
- mean
- offensive
- ornery
- salty
- saucy
- scoffing
- scorching
- scornful
- scurrilous
- severe
- sharp
- smart-alecky
- snarling
- sneering
- taunting
- twitting
- weisenheiming
adjective as in scoffing
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noun as in ridicule
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Example Sentences
The Trump campaign has been needling Ms Harris for not doing interviews and for taking few questions from reporters since accepting the nomination last month.
On Thursday night, Daniels continued to provoke Trump online, needling him that “real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh … wait. Nevermind.”
We both waited to see if Gracus would lash out at this last bit of needling.
The needling from Mr. Biden is designed to hit his opponent where it hurts, touching on everything from Mr. Trump’s hairstyle to his energy levels in court.
More than kin and less than kind, Rev immediately starts menacing Juicy with needling comments and unveiled threats.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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