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Mock :: Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

Scornful :: Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Despisingly :: Despisingly (adv.) Contemptuously.

Puppy :: Puppy (n.) A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Cynicism :: Cynicism (n.) The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions..

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..

Countercaster :: Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.

Sneer :: Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person..

Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..

Insolent :: Insolent (a.) Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant..

Missy :: Missy (n.) An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young girl; a miss..

Peat :: Peat (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Flunky :: Flunky (n.) A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

Bantling :: Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory..

Medley :: Medley (n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously..

Hoot :: Hoot (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Despite :: Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt..

Disdain :: Disdain (v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

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