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| 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: | 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
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision; scoffing (disrespect) [more]; mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaffe, badinage; quizzing; asteism., squib, satire, skit, quip, quib, grin., parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie; farce (drama) [more]; caricature., buffoonery (fun) [more]; 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) [more]., raise a laugh (amuse) [more]; play the fool, make a fool of oneself.
-adjectives
derisory, derisive; mock; sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic; scurrilous (disrespectful) [more].
-adverbs
in ridicule.
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| 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: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
| Synonyms: | chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag*, razz*, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt, jive* |
* = 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: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make fun of; insult |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, contemn, detract, disdain, disparage, flout, gibe, jeer, jolly, kid, knock, laugh at, lout, mock, pan, pooh-pooh*, put down*, quiz, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, ridicule, roast*, scoff, scorn, slam, sneer, taunt, dis, do a number on, dump on, twit |
| Antonyms: | commend, compliment, flatter, praise, revere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | detraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation; slander |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aspersion, backbiting*, calumny, damage, defamation, disparagement, harm, hit, hurt, injury, injustice, innuendo, insinuation, knock*, libel, lie, obloquy, pejorative, ridicule, scandal, slam, smear campaign*, tale, vituperation, wrong, backstabbing, belittlement, denigration, deprecation, derogation, disesteem, libeling, maligning, minimization, muckraking, revilement, running down, scandalmongering, scurrility, traducement, traducing, vilification |
| Antonyms: | admiration, adulation, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disdain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate; indifference |
| Synonyms: | antipathy, arrogance, aversion, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, dislike, disparagement, hatred, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, pride, ridicule, scorn, sneering, despisal, despisement, loftiness, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness |
| Notes: | contempt is a more engaged, more involved feeling of disapproval than disdain |
| Antonyms: | admiration, esteem, favor, like, love, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring shame upon |
| Synonyms: | abase, besmirch, blot, debase, defame, defile, degrade, depress, deride, derogate, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, expel, humble, humiliate, libel, lose face, lower, mock, put down, reduce, reproach, ridicule, slander, slur, snub, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tar and feather*, tarnish, attaint, give a black eye, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exalt, honor, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disparage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize; detract from |
| Synonyms: | abuse, belittle, chill*, decry, defame, degrade, deject, demoralize, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, discourage, discredit, disdain, dishearten, dismiss, lower, malign, minimize, pan*, put down, rap*, ridicule, roast*, run down*, scorch, scorn, slam*, slander, smear*, sour grapes, tear down, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off, cry down, dis, dispirit, dispraise, downcry, dump on, put hooks in |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, flatter, laud, praise, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disparagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong criticism; detraction |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting*, blame, calumny, censure, condemnation, contempt, contumely, debasement, degradation, denunciation, depreciation, derision, discredit, disdain, lessening, lie, prejudice, reproach, ridicule, scandal, scorn, slander, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, derogation, impairment, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | approval, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show contempt for |
| Synonyms: | affront, defy, deride, disregard, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, laugh at, mock, outrage, quip, repudiate, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, thumb nose at |
| Antonyms: | honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | heckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jeer |
| Synonyms: | badger, bait, bother, bully, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound*, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride*, ridicule, taunt, tease, torment, worry, chivy, dis, shout at |
| Antonyms: | encourage, help, promote, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, offend |
| Synonyms: | abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan*, provoke, put down*, revile, ridicule, roast*, scoff, slam*, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one's toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, 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: | jeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heckle |
| Synonyms: | banter, comeback, contemn, deride, dig*, fleer, flout, gibe, hector, hoot, jab, jest, laugh at, mock, put down, put on, quip, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt, make a crack, poke fun, snipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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