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| Main Entry: | mockery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke, parody |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, butt*, caricature, deception, farce, imitation, jest, lampoon, laughingstock, mimicry, mock, pretense, sham*, spoof, sport*, travesty, send-up, take-off |
| Antonyms: | seriousness, solemnity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mockery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | contempt, contumely, derision, disdain, disparagement, gibe, jeer, ridicule, scorn, sport, scoffing |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teasing |
| Synonyms: | badinage, chaff, chitchat, derision, exchange, fun, gossip, jeering, jesting, joking, mockery, persiflage, play, raillery, repartee, ridicule, small talk, chaffing, dissing, joshing, kidding, ribbing |
| Main Entry: | burlesque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bawdy show; vaudeville |
| Synonyms: | burly*, caricature, farce, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, satire, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, lampoonery, revue, send-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caricature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated description in writing, drawing |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, cartoon, distortion, farce, imitation, lampoon, libel, mimicry, mockery, parody, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, satire, sham, takeoff*, travesty, put-on, send-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | con |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double-cross, dupe, fraud, graft, mockery, swindle, take in, gold brick |
| Antonyms: | honesty, truthfulness |
| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | Bronx cheer, butt*, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig*, disdain, disparagement, dump*, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scorn, slam*, slap, sneering, backhanded compliment, brickbat, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, scoffing |
| Antonyms: | adulation, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense, satire |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, horseplay*, interlude, joke, mock, mockery, parody, play, sham*, skit, slapstick, travesty, broad comedy, buffoonery, high camp, low camp, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sobriety, tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking, tricks |
| Synonyms: | farce, high jinks, horseplay, jesting, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse, sham*, teasing, trifling, bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, frolicking, joshing, kidding, making light, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking, spoofing |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gibe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | comeback, derision, dig*, dump*, jab, jeer, joke, mockery, put-down*, sarcasm, slam*, sneer, swipe, taunt, cutting remark, parting shot, rank-out, scoffing |
| Notes: | a gibe is an aggressive or derisive remark intended to have a telling effect; a jib is any triangular fore-and-aft sail |
| Antonyms: | commendation, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypocrisy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness, pretense |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, quackery, bad faith, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth, forthrightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false appearance; false belief |
| Synonyms: | apparition, bubble*, chimera, confusion, daydream, deception, delusion, déjè vu, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy, figment of imagination, fool's paradise, ghost, hallucination, head trip, hocus-pocus*, idolism, ignus fatuus, image, invention, make-believe, mirage, misapprehension, misbelief, misconception, misimpression, mockery, myth, optical illusion, paramnesia, phantasm, pipe dream*, rainbow*, seeming, semblance, trip*, virtual reality |
| Antonyms: | certainty, event, fact, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simulation, substitution |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterpart, ditto*, dupe*, duplicate, ersatz*, fake, forgery, image, impersonation, impression, likeness, match, matching, mime, mimicry, mockery, parallel, parody, phony, picture, reflection, replica, representing, reproduction, resemblance, semblance, sham*, takeoff*, travesty, apery, aping, duplication, echoing, mimesis, mirroring, paralleling, paraphrasing, parroting, patterning, ringer, simulacrum, transcription |
| Antonyms: | difference, opposite, original, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful communication |
| Synonyms: | abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye*, blasphemy, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, rudeness, scorn, shame, slam, slander, slap, slight, snub, taunt, vituperation, cheap shot, disdainfulness, scurrility, slap in the face, superciliousness, unpleasantry, vilification |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, contempt, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, satire, taunt, twist, wit, contrariness, mordancy, sardonicism |
| Antonyms: | consideration, deference |
| Main Entry: | irreverence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disrespect |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, cheek, derision, discourtesy, flippancy, heresy, impertinence, impiety, impudence, insult, mockery, profanity, ridicule, rudeness, sin, sauciness, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | regard, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation, spoof |
| Synonyms: | apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mockery, pastiche, raillery, rib*, ridicule, roast*, satire, skit, takeoff*, travesty, mock-heroic, play-on, send-up |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty communication, often verbal |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, crack, drollery, gag, gibe, insult, jeer, jest, joke, mockery, offense, pleasantry, pun, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, satire, spoof, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, parody, persiflage, raillery, rally, razz*, rib*, roast*, sarcasm, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe*, taunt, travesty, buffoonery, foolery, mordancy, needling, parting shot, put-on, putdown, sardonicism, taunting |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sacrilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irreverence |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, crime, curse, desecration, heresy, impiety, mockery, offense, profanity, sin, violation, profanation, profaneness |
| Antonyms: | piety, respect, reverence |
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