Mocking and Spiteful

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Mocking adjective - Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.

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Spiteful and mocking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spiteful" instead an adjective "Mocking".

Nearby Words: mock, mockery, mocked, mocker, mockingly

Spiteful adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

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Mocking and spiteful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mocking" instead an adjective "Spiteful".

Nearby Words: spite, spitefully, spited

Feste, by contrast, is spiteful and mocking even then... and while Toby only arranged for Malvolio to be publically mocked and imprisoned for a time, Feste made the poor man think he was to be executed.

Source: Theatre / Twelfth Night

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