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n. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

adj. expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

mockery, jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing

n. showing your contempt by derision

derision, ridicule

n. contemptuous laughter

irony, sarcasm, satire, caustic remark

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

sarcastic

adj. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

jeering, derisive, derisory, mocking

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

insulting, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous

adj. expressing extreme contempt

sharp, crisp, razor-sharp

adj. very clearly delineated; "razor-sharp definition"

mordant, saturnine, sardonic

adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

belittling, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, slighting

adj. expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

deprecatory

adj. tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative

adj. expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"

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