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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib, ride*, roast, spoof |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lampoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule, make fun of |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, jape, mock, parody, pasquinade, put on*, rail, roast, satirize, send up, squib, take off, travesty |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, praise, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, baste, bawl out, belabor, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chew out, exprobate, flay, fulminate, jaw, lambaste, lampoon, ridicule, satirize, scold, tear into, tell off, tongue-lash, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
| Synonyms: | affect, ape, assume, burlesque, caricature, counterfeit, ditto*, do, fake, feign, hoke, imitate, lampoon, mime, mirror, parody, satirize, send up, simulate, take off, travesty |
| Antonyms: | exalt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate, spoof |
| Synonyms: | ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, deride, disparage, distort, do a takeoff of, exaggerate, impersonate, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, laugh at, mime, mimic, mock, poke fun at, put on*, ridicule, roast, satirize, send up, sheik, take off, travesty |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| 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
| Main Entry: | sneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mock, condemn |
| Synonyms: | affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one's lip at, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | travesty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule, spoof |
| Synonyms: | ape, burlesque, caricature, deride, distort, imitate, lampoon, make a mockery of, make fun of, mimic, mock, parody, pervert, play on, put on*, satirize, send up, sham*, take off |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make fun of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke fun at |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, deride, heckle, kid, lampoon, make sport of, mock, parody, ridicule, satirize, tease |
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