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81contemptuous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disdainful, derisive, disrespectful; see scornful 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. disdainful, scornful, disrespectful, arrogant, sneering, insolent, insulting, derisive, *high and mighty, supercilious,… …
82sneering — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. scoffing, mocking, disdainful, scornful, derisive, ridiculing, sarcastic. ANT.: respectful, deferential II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Contemptuous or ironic in manner or wit: derisive, jeering, mocking,… …
83Contempt — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contempt >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contempt contempt disdain scorn sovereign contempt Sgm: N 1 despisal despisal despiciency Sgm: N 1 despisement despisement Sgm: N 1 vilipendency| vilipendency| …
84jeering — jeer·ing || dʒɪrɪŋ / əɪŋ adj. ridiculing, sneering, mocking, derisive, insulting dʒɪr /dʒɪə n. derisive remark, taunt, rude gibe v. ridicule, deride, sneer, mock, taunt, insult …
85jeer — [[t]dʒɪər[/t]] v. i. 1) to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely 2) to speak or shout derisively at; taunt; mock 3) to drive away by derisive shouts (fol. by out of, off, etc.): to jeer an actor off the stage[/ex] 4) a jeering… …
86snicker — [snik′ər] vi. [echoic] 1. to laugh in a sly or derisive, partly stifled manner 2. to neigh; nicker vt. to utter with a snicker n. a sly or derisive, partly stifled laugh SYN. LAUGH snickeringly adv …
87rogue's march — noun : a tune of English origin formerly played to accompany the expulsion of a soldier from the army * * * a derisive tune played to accompany a person s expulsion from a regiment, community, etc. [1795 1805] * * * rogue s march Music played in… …
88PROVERB — (Heb. מָשָׁל, mashal; pl. מְשָׁלִים, meshalim). The term proverb as a translation of the biblical Hebrew word mashal denotes certain specific literary forms, particularly of wisdom literature. Several of these forms are also referred to by the… …
89horselaugh — {n. phr.} A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. * /When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh./ …
90horselaugh — {n. phr.} A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. * /When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh./ …
