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synonyms for gibe

  • jab
  • sarcasm
  • swipe
  • comeback
  • derision
  • dig
  • jeer
  • joke
  • mockery
  • put down
  • scoffing
  • slam
  • sneer
  • taunt
  • cutting remark
  • parting shot
  • rank-out
See also synonyms for: gibes
On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gibe, such as: jab, sarcasm, swipe, comeback, derision, and dig.

antonyms for gibe

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  • compliment
  • flattery
  • praise
  • respect
  • commendation
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How to use gibe in a sentence

Since then, the actor and comedian has drawn audiences with her gibes at patriarchy and customs rooted in gender stereotypes and body-shaming.
18 COMICS OF TOMORROWSOHINI DAS GUPTAAUGUST 1, 2021OZY
Be content, then, nor gibe at thy betters of "the Duke of B——'s establishment— that's all."
LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHESWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Then he looked down the long table at Odin and could not resist one gibe.
HUNTERS OUT OF SPACEJOSEPH EVERIDGE KELLEAM
Foolish people are fond of quoting a foolish gibe: "Be good, and you may be happy; but you will not have a good time."
STUDIES IN LOVE AND IN TERRORMARIE BELLOC LOWNDES
Her will revived public interest in the forgotten beauty of the past generation, and afforded many a gibe at her expense.
COURT BEAUTIES OF OLD WHITEHALLW. R. H. TROWBRIDGE
Baudichon breathed quickly, partly with the haste he had made across the road, partly in irritation at the gibe.
THE LONG NIGHTSTANLEY WEYMAN
All Wingfield would have understood the gibe: Addie Wicks was the dullest girl in town.
TALES OF MEN AND GHOSTSEDITH WHARTON
Instead, he broke out in a laugh, with a gibe flung first at Gilbert Stair and then at Falconnet.
THE MASTER OF APPLEBYFRANCIS LYNDE
No reply was made to Rosalie's gibe and the lesson went on in its usual uneventful manner.
PEGGY STEWART AT SCHOOLGABRIELLE E. JACKSON
This, which might sound like a gibe, is to my mind a ground for great hope and for some envy.
SOLILOQUIES IN ENGLANDGEORGE SANTAYANA
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO GIBE

  • affront
  • criticism
  • cut
  • dig
  • gibe
  • insult
  • rebuff
  • sarcasm
  • scoff
  • sneer
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