expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"[syn: supercilious ]

adjective

derisive , jeering , mocking , satiric , satirical , scoffing , contemptible , cynical , ironical , sarcastic , sardonic

noun

cynicism , derision , irony , sarcasm