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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
| Synonyms: | banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Concept: | Ridicule. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision; scoffing (disrespect); mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaffe, badinage; quizzing; asteism., squib, satire, skit, quip, quib, grin., parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie; farce (drama); caricature., buffoonery (fun); practical joke; horseplay.
-verbs
ridicule, deride; snigger; laugh in one's sleeve; banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze [U.S.]; tehee; fleer; show up., play upon, play tricks upon; fool to the top of one's bent; laugh at, grin at, smile at; poke fun at., satirize, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty., turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; rally; scoff (disrespect)., raise a laugh (amuse); play the fool, make a fool of oneself.
-adjectives
derisory, derisive; mock; sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic; scurrilous (disrespectful).
-adverbs
in ridicule.
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