| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acerbity | harsh bitterness in speech |
| 2. | acid humor | harsh cutting humor |
| 3. | acid wit | sharp biting wit |
| 4. | acidity | sharp biting quality |
| 5. | acrimony | bitter sharpness in speech |
| 6. | archness | playfully ironic manner |
| 7. | aside | brief indirect comment |
| 8. | asperity | harshness of tone |
| 9. | backhand | indirectly insulting style |
| 10. | backhandedness | indirect insulting quality |
| 11. | badinage | light playful teasing |
| 12. | banter | playful teasing talk |
| 13. | barb | sharp hurtful point |
| 14. | barbed wit | witty remarks with sting |
| 15. | belittling | making something seem small |
| 16. | biting humor | humor with a sting |
| 17. | bon mot | clever witty remark |
| 18. | burlesque | mocking exaggerated imitation |
| 19. | caustic humor | biting mocking humor |
| 20. | causticity | biting sharpness in expression |
| 21. | comic venom | humor mixed with malice |
| 22. | contemptuousness | quality of scornful disrespect |
| 23. | crack | smart or mocking remark |
| 24. | crackwise | in a joking mocking way |
| 25. | cutting wit | sharp mocking humor |
| 26. | cynicism | scornful distrustful attitude |
| 27. | deadpan | expressionless ironic delivery |
| 28. | derision | contemptuous ridicule |
| 29. | derisiveness | mocking scornfulness |
| 30. | dig | pointed critical remark |
| 31. | disparagement | belittling criticism |
| 32. | double meaning | two-layered intended meaning |
| 33. | dry wit | subtle restrained humor |
| 34. | dryness | restrained ironic quality |
| 35. | edge | sharpness or bite |
| 36. | epigram | brief witty saying |
| 37. | facetiousness | flippant joking tone |
| 38. | flippancy | disrespectfully casual wit |
| 39. | gibe | taunting mocking remark |
| 40. | harshness | rough biting tone |
| 41. | incisiveness | sharp direct force |
| 42. | innuendo | indirect often critical hint |
| 43. | insinuation | indirect suggestive remark |
| 44. | ironic humor | humor using opposite meaning |
| 45. | ironicity | quality of being ironic |
| 46. | irony | mocking meaning opposite words |
| 47. | jeering | mocking taunting remarks |
| 48. | jeu d’esprit | witty playful remark |
| 49. | jibe | mocking insulting remark |
| 50. | jocularity | joking manner |
| 51. | joshing | teasing joking talk |
| 52. | keenness | sharp penetrating quality |
| 53. | lampoon | sharp mocking attack |
| 54. | levity | lightness that can mock |
| 55. | mockery | scornful ridicule or taunting |
| 56. | mocking humor | humor that ridicules |
| 57. | mocking irony | irony used to ridicule |
| 58. | mockingness | quality of mocking |
| 59. | mordancy | biting sharpness of style |
| 60. | needling | provoking teasing criticism |
| 61. | one-liner | short witty remark |
| 62. | parody | comic imitation for mockery |
| 63. | persiflage | light mocking banter |
| 64. | piquancy | lively sharpness |
| 65. | playfulness | light teasing spirit |
| 66. | point | sharp force of a remark |
| 67. | pungency | sharply expressive quality |
| 68. | put-down | remark meant to belittle |
| 69. | quip | clever sharp remark |
| 70. | raillery | good-humored teasing mockery |
| 71. | razzing | teasing mockery |
| 72. | repartee | quick witty reply |
| 73. | ribaldry | coarse joking mockery |
| 74. | ribbing | playful teasing mockery |
| 75. | ridicule | mocking scorn |
| 76. | roast | mocking criticism as humor |
| 77. | sally | spirited witty remark |
| 78. | sarcastic wit | biting mocking humor |
| 79. | sardonicism | grimly mocking expression |
| 80. | satire | wit used to mock faults |
| 81. | scoffing | mocking scornful talk |
| 82. | snark | sharp mocking criticism |
| 83. | sneer | scornful mocking remark |
| 84. | sneering | mocking contemptuous tone |
| 85. | snideness | meanly mocking tone |
| 86. | swipe | indirect critical remark |
| 87. | tartness | sharp biting quality |
| 88. | taunt | mocking or insulting remark |
| 89. | teasing | light mocking remarks |
| 90. | travesty | grotesque mocking imitation |
| 91. | trenchant wit | keen cutting humor |
| 92. | trenchantness | keen cutting quality |
| 93. | understatement | deliberately restrained expression |
| 94. | venom | bitter malice in words |
| 95. | vitriol | bitter cruel language |
| 96. | waggery | playful witty joking |
| 97. | wisecrack | smart mocking joke |
| 98. | wit | clever verbal humor |
| 99. | wryness | dry ironic humor |
| 100. | zinger | strikingly sharp remark |