SuaviloquyToday’s word

gibe

Gibe, n.

An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. Shak. With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. Tennyson.

2 other Webster entries under this spelling

Gibe, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.]

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

Gibe, v. i.

To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock. Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them. Swift.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for gibe; he lists it under sneer.

Where he writes about it:

The jeer and gibe are uttered; the gibe is bitter, and often sly or covert; the jeer is rude and open. — from sneer

Antonyms

none given