Word Meanings - GIBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift. (more info) Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GIBE)

• Sarcasm
• Gibe
• chaff
• irony
• jeer
• satire
• ridicule
• taunt
• sardonicism
• Sneer
• Scoff
• gibe
• disparagement
• contempt
• scorn
• superciliousness
• disdain
• Taunt
• Reproach
• upbraid
• rebuke
• censure
• scoff
• deride
• sneer
• mock
• revile
• twit

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GIBE)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Honor
• regard
• esteem
• venerate
• respect
• applaud
• salute

Related words: (words related to GIBE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• SARCASM
  A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire;
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• RIDICULER
  One who ridicules.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• CHAFFERY
  Traffic; bargaining. Spenser.
• DISDAINISHLY
  Disdainfully. Vives.
• REVILEMENT
  The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• DISPARAGEMENT
  1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
• DISDAINFUL
  Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• TAUNTER
  One who taunts.
• CONTEMPTIBLY
  In a contemptible manner.
• CONTEMPTUOUSLY
  In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• BESCORN
  To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.