| scornfully |
| 1. adv. In a scornful manner. | |
| mocking |
| 1. v. present participle of mock | |
| 2. n. mockery | |
| 3. adj. derisive or contemptuous | |
| 4. adj. teasing or taunting | |
| mock |
| 1. n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality. | |
| 2. n. Mockery, the act of mocking. | |
| 3. n. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam. | |
| He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam. | |
| 4. n. (software engineering) A mockup or prototype. | |
| 5. v. To mimic, to simulate. | |
| 6. v. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt. | |
| 7. v. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of. | |
| 8. v. (software engineering, transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of. | |
| What's the best way to mock a database layer? | |
| 9. adj. Imitation, not genuine; fake. | |
| mock turtle soup | |
| mock leather | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| Cynical |
| 1. adj. Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue. | |
| 2. adj. Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. | |
| 3. adj. Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others. | |
| 4. adj. Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking. | |
| 5. adj. Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions. | |
| 6. adj. (medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis. | |
