gibing
Hurling cutting remarks
Gibing is mocking or taunting someone with cutting remarks.
The word shares a spelling with a nautical term for shifting a sail, but the mocking sense comes from a different origin.
He kept gibing at her about the mistake.
The noun gibe is a taunting remark: She ignored his gibes.
Vocal expression of scorn
Clever, inventive humor
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- quipBrief, clever remark
- wisecrackFlippant clever remark
jest · joke · ribbing · teasing · playful · clever · retort · comeback
jeer
Vocal expression of scorn
scoff · heckle · tease · deride · mock · razz · rib · needle · goad · bait
wit
Clever, inventive humor
wisecrack · jest · joke · ribbing · teasing · playful · clever · retort · comeback · badinage
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
disparage · belittle · denigrate · slight · snub · rebuff · spurn · dismiss · disrespect · affront
irony
Meaning opposite to words
caustic · acerbic · mordant · cutting · barbed · stinging · wry · dry · tongue-in-cheek · withering
gibingpraising
Voicing admiration
complimenting · lauding · extolling · flattering · applauding