5
mocking(adjective, mean, sharp, disdainful, sarcastic)
5
sneering(adjective, mean, sharp, pitiful, arrogant)
5
snooty(adjective, ridiculous, pitiful, arrogant, insolent)
5
vituperative(adjective, attack, sharp, attitude, offensive)
4
belittling(adjective, offensive, disdainful, disparaging, disrespectful)
4
brash(adjective, cool, smart, attitude, rude)
4
brassy(adjective, cool, smart, attitude, informal)
4
censorious(adjective, offensive, rude, disparaging, scornful)
4
cool(adjective, mad, bold, naughty, impudent)
4
depreciative(adjective, offensive, false, untrue, injurious)
4
discourteous(adjective, offensive, rude, fresh, bold)
4
invective(adjective, attack, sharp, attitude, offensive)
4
nervy(adjective, attitude, mad, bold, courtesy)
4
pushy(adjective, cool, attitude, rude, courtesy)
4
snobbish(adjective, ridiculous, pitiful, arrogant, insolent)
4
truculent(adjective, hostile, hateful, belligerent, quarrelsome)
4
withering(adjective, contempt)
3
barefaced(adjective, mad, bold, naughty, impudent)
3
biting(adjective, mean, sharp, ironic, sarcastic)
3
calumnious(adjective, offensive, false, untrue, injurious)
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