| sarcastic | | |
| adj. | 1. sarcastic | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds. |
| ~ critical | marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.; "a critical attitude" |
| ~ disrespectful | exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous.; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher" |
| ~ barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent | capable of wounding.; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" |
| ~ mordant, grim, black | harshly ironic or sinister.; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" |
| ~ corrosive | spitefully sarcastic.; "corrosive cristism" |
| ~ sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking.; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing" |
| ~ satiric, satirical | exposing human folly to ridicule.; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" |
| ~ saturnine | bitter or scornful.; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain" |
| scornful | | |
| adj. | 1. contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful | expressing extreme contempt. |
| ~ disrespectful | exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous.; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher" |
| satire | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire | 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" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| scorn | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. contempt, despite, disdain, scorn | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" |
| ~ dislike | a feeling of aversion or antipathy.; "my dislike of him was instinctive" |
| n. (communication) | 2. contempt, scorn | open disrespect for a person or thing. |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ fleer | contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words. |
| ~ leer, sneer | a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls. |
| ~ sneer | a contemptuous or scornful remark. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. contemn, despise, disdain, scorn | look 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, hate | dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" |
| ~ look down on | regard 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 down | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| ~ rebuff, snub, repel | reject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal" |
| ~ pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject | refuse to accept.; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
| ~ turn down, turn away, refuse, reject | refuse entrance or membership.; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |
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