| insolent | | |
| adj. | 1. flip, impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed | marked by casual disrespect.; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" |
| ~ disrespectful | exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous.; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher" |
| adj. | 2. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent | unrestrained by convention or propriety.; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress" |
| ~ unashamed | used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame. |
| scoff | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing | showing your contempt by derision. |
| ~ derision | contemptuous laughter. |
| v. (communication) | 2. barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ bait, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, cod, tease, rag, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| v. (communication) | 3. flout, scoff | treat with contemptuous disregard.; "flout the rules" |
| ~ brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | bar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances" |
| taunt | | |
| n. (act) | 1. taunt, taunting, twit | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing. |
| ~ provocation, aggravation, irritation | unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment. |
| v. (communication) | 2. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
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