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kantalita [kan.ta.lí.ta.] : sarcasm (n.); satire (n.); scorn (v.)

Derivatives of kantalita


Glosses:
sarcasm
n. (communication)1. caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satirewitty 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"
~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humoura message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
satire
scorn
n. (feeling)1. contempt, despite, disdain, scornlack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
~ dislikea feeling of aversion or antipathy.; "my dislike of him was instinctive"
n. (communication)2. contempt, scornopen disrespect for a person or thing.
~ discourtesy, disrespectan expression of lack of respect.
~ fleercontempt expressed by mockery in looks or words.
~ leer, sneera facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls.
~ sneera contemptuous or scornful remark.
v. (emotion)3. contemn, despise, disdain, scornlook down on with disdain.; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
~ detest, hatedislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
~ look down onregard with contempt.; "the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest"
v. (communication)4. disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn downreject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances"
~ refuse, declineshow unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
~ rebuff, snub, repelreject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal"
~ pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, rejectrefuse to accept.; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
~ turn down, turn away, refuse, rejectrefuse entrance or membership.; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"