language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

the act of deriding or treating with contempt

[ Syn: derision ]

subject to laughter or ridicule; 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

[ Syn: roast , guy , blackguard , laugh at , jest at , rib , make fun , poke fun ]