| despise | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. 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" |
| mock | | |
| n. (act) | 1. mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing.; "they made a mock of him" |
| ~ derision, ridicule | the act of deriding or treating with contempt. |
| v. (communication) | 2. bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, rib, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ deride | treat or speak of with contempt.; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| v. (communication) | 3. mock | imitate with mockery and derision.; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" |
| ~ caricature, ape | represent in or produce a caricature of.; "The drawing caricatured the President" |
| ~ impersonate | represent another person with comic intentions. |
| ~ burlesque, spoof, parody | make a parody of.; "The students spoofed the teachers" |
| ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| adj. | 4. mock | constituting a copy or imitation of something.; "boys in mock battle" |
| ~ counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| ridicule | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ridicule | language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate. |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| n. (act) | 2. derision, ridicule | the act of deriding or treating with contempt. |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing.; "they made a mock of him" |
| v. (communication) | 3. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ lampoon, satirise, satirize | ridicule with satire.; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" |
| ~ debunk, expose | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" |
| ~ stultify | cause to appear foolish.; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" |
| rile | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
| ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" |
| ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" |
| ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. |
| ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" |
| ~ fret | cause annoyance in. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" |
| ~ displease | give displeasure to. |
| v. (contact) | 2. rile, roil | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. |
| ~ raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ muddle, puddle | make into a puddle.; "puddled mire" |
| 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. (communication) | 3. 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" |
| snub | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. rebuff, repulse, snub | an instance of driving away or warding off. |
| ~ rejection | the speech act of rejecting. |
| n. (act) | 2. cold shoulder, cut, snub | a refusal to recognize someone you know.; "the snub was clearly intentional" |
| ~ rebuff, slight | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). |
| v. (communication) | 3. cut, disregard, ignore, snub | refuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| v. (communication) | 4. rebuff, repel, snub | reject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal" |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| adj. | 5. snub | unusually short.; "a snub nose" |
| ~ short | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length.; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" |
| deride | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. deride | treat or speak of with contempt.; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ catcall | utter catcalls at. |
| despise | | |
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