The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DERISIVE , but the solution may also be SNIDE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Mocking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DERISIVE | 24 % | 8 |
| SARDONIC | 24 % | 8 |
| DERIDING | 19 % | 8 |
| IRONICAL | 10 % | 8 |
| GIBING | 5 % | 6 |
| SNIDE | 5 % | 5 |
| APING | 5 % | 5 |
| SATIRIC | 5 % | 7 |
| WRY | 5 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mocking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- taunting
- derisive
- teasing
- disrespectful
- jeering
- playful
- quizzical
- gibelike
- mockery
- shaming
- kidding
- messing
Crossword Answer definitions
DERISIVE noun- A derisive remark.
- Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
- Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DERISIVE
- Nasty
- Cheeky
- Tending to scoff
- Mocking
- Disdainful
- Contemptuous
- Ridiculing.
- Showing mockery
- Like raspberries
- Belittling
More clues leading to the result SARDONIC
- Mocking
- Mordant
- Like Lenny Bruce's humor
- Cynical
- Sneeringly derisive.
- Derisive.
- Bitterly derisive.
- Biting
- Bitterly derisive
- Like a wisecrack
More clues leading to the result DERIDING
More clues leading to the result IRONICAL
- Mocking
- Expressing the opposite of what's actually said
- Rabelaisian
- Kind of funny
- Describing O. Henry denouements.
- Sarcastic.
- Wryly humorous.
- Lightly sarcastic.
- Sarcastic
- Meaning the contrary
More clues leading to the result GIBING
More clues leading to the result SNIDE
- Contemptuous
- Cynical
- Derogatory
- Caustic, as a remark
- Sassy
- Dismissive
- Sarcastic
- Like some remarks
- Rudely sarcastic
- Nasty
More clues leading to the result APING
- Mimicking
- Mirroring
- Imitating
- Making a mockery of
- Monkeying around?
- Taking off on
- Making like
- Impersonator's specialty
- Pretending to be
- Copycat's forte
More clues leading to the result SATIRIC
- Like Mad
- Tongue-in-cheek
- Like a pasquinade
- Like "Gulliver's Travels"
- Like "Don Quixote," e.g.
- Like Mort Sahl's humor
- Like a comedy routine by 56-Across
- Mocking
- Cutting
- Like the movie "Airplane!"