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show contempt

  • as inmock
  • as inscoff

Synonyms for show contempt

  • deride
  • insult
  • parody
  • scoff
  • scorn
  • taunt
  • tease
  • buffoon
  • burlesque
  • caricature
  • chaff
  • flout
  • hoot
  • jape
  • jeer
  • kid
  • needle
  • rally
  • rib
  • sneer
  • travesty
  • laugh at
  • make fun of
  • poke fun at
  • thumb nose at
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Antonyms for show contempt

  • compliment
  • flatter
  • praise
  • be serious
  • exalt
  • tell truth
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR SHOW CONTEMPT

mock

verbridicule
  • buffoon
  • burlesque
  • caricature
  • chaff
  • deride
  • flout
  • hoot
  • insult
  • jape
  • jeer
  • kid
  • laugh at
  • make fun of
  • needle
  • parody
  • poke fun at
  • rally
  • rib
  • scoff
  • scorn
  • show contempt
  • sneer
  • taunt
  • tease
  • thumb nose at
  • travesty

mocked

verbridicule
  • buffoon
  • burlesque
  • caricature
  • chaff
  • deride
  • flout
  • hoot
  • insult
  • jape
  • jeer
  • kid
  • laugh at
  • make fun of
  • needle
  • parody
  • poke fun at
  • rally
  • rib
  • scoff
  • scorn
  • show contempt
  • sneer
  • taunt
  • tease
  • thumb nose at
  • travesty

scoff

verbmake fun of; despise
  • belittle
  • boo
  • contemn
  • deride
  • dig at
  • disbelieve
  • discount
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • flout
  • gibe
  • jeer
  • knock
  • laugh at
  • make light of
  • mock
  • pan
  • poke fun at
  • pooh-pooh
  • rag
  • rally
  • reject
  • revile
  • ride
  • ridicule
  • scorn
  • show contempt
  • sneer
  • tease
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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