Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(s)derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, tauntingabusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule“derisive laughter”,
“a jeering crowd”,
“her mocking smile”,
“taunting shouts of ‘coward’ and ‘sissy’” (s)mocking, teasing, quizzicalplayfully vexing (especially by ridicule)“his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air” (Lawrence Durrell)