Synonyms

ridicule make_fun poke_fun roast rib jest_at blackguard guy

Examples

"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house" "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher" "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

Used in print

Those were especially the ones that all other grownups laughed_at loudest .

Related terms

mock satirize stultify tease debunk derision ridicule satirist rib