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  • 111disparaging — I adjective abusive, blameful, calumnious, censorious, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damnatory, defamatory, denunciatory, deprecative, derogatory, detractory, disrespectful, incriminatory, inculpatory, injurious, invective, inveighing …

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  • 112injurious — in·ju·ri·ous /in ju̇r ē əs/ adj: inflicting or tending to inflict injury in·ju·ri·ous·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. injurious …

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  • 113insolent — I adjective abusive, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bellicose, bold, brazen, bumptious, contemptuous, contumacious, contumax, contumelious, defiant, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disobedient, disobliging, disregardful, disrespectful,… …

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  • 114ease — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ consummate (esp. BrE), great ▪ astonishing, incredible, remarkable, surprising ▪ alarming (esp. BrE) …

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  • 115raspberry — n. (slang) contemptuous noise to give smb. the raspberry * * * [ rɑːzb(ə)rɪ] (slang) [ contemptuous noise ] to give smb. the raspberry …

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  • 116contempt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of disdain Nouns 1. contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, scorn, despisal, contumely; detraction, disapprobation; derision, disrespect; defiance; arrogance (see insolence); ridicule, mockery; hoot …

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  • 117cynical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. misanthropic, sneering, satirical, pessimistic, distrustful, sarcastic, cutting, disdainful, contemptuous, censorious; surly, snarling, captious. See contempt, disapprobation, malevolence.Ant.,… …

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  • 118defiance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Challenge to fight Nouns defiance, dare, challenge, threat; provocation; war cry, war whoop; rebellion (see disobedience); insolence; contempt, disdain; audacity, daring; fighting words, gauntlet; chip… …

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  • 119ridicule — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Derision Nouns 1. ridicule, derision, scoffing, mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage. See contempt. 2. parody, burlesque, travesty, farce, caricature, camp; buffoonery,… …

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  • 120sardonic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. scornful, derisive; caustic, malicious, twisted. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sarcastic, cynical, scornful; see sarcastic . See Synonym Study at sarcastic . III (Roget s 3… …

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