Synonyms and antonyms of Mocking and mockery in British Thesaurus

burlesque (verb)

to represent a serious subject in a silly way in order to make people laugh

chirp (verb)

South Africaninformal to speak to someone rudely or in a mocking way

chirp (noun)

South Africaninformal a complaint or mocking comment

jeer (verb)

to shout or laugh at someone in an unkind way that shows you have no respect for them

jeer (noun)

an unkind laugh or comment that shows you have no respect for someone

jeering (noun)

unkind laughter or comments directed at someone, especially in a public place

lampoon (verb)

to publicly criticize someone or something by making jokes about them

laugh (verb)

to show that you think someone or something is stupid or deserves no respect

laugh someone/something out of court ()

if you laugh someone or something out of court, you show them that you think their ideas or suggestions are very silly

make a mockery of ()

to make someone or something seem stupid or useless

make a monkey out of someone ()

to make someone seem stupid

make fun of ()

to make jokes about someone or something in an unkind way

make light of something ()

to treat something as not very serious

mock (verb)

to make someone or something look stupid by laughing at them, copying them, or saying something that is not kind

mockery (noun)

something that makes a system, organization etc seem stupid or useless

mockery (noun)

remarks or behaviour intended to make someone seem stupid, for example laughing at them, copying them, or saying something that is not kind

mocking (adjective)

showing that you think someone or something is stupid

parade (verb)

to make someone walk around so that people will look at them and often laugh at them

parody (verb)

to copy someone or something in a way that makes people laugh

piss-take (noun)

Britishimpolite an attempt to make someone or something seem silly

poke fun (at) ()

to make unkind jokes about someone or something

rag on ()

to say things in order to make someone feel embarrassed, usually in a friendly way

rib (verb)

old-fashioned to joke about someone in a friendly way that makes them slightly embarrassed

ridicule (verb)

to try to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind way

ridicule (noun)

remarks or behaviour intended to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind way

sarcasm (noun)

the activity of saying or writing the opposite of what you mean, or of speaking in a way intended to make someone else feel stupid or show them that you are angry

sarcastic (adjective)

using sarcasm to upset someone or to show anger

sarky (adjective)

Britishspoken sarcastic

self-mockery (noun)

the practice of making yourself appear silly to show other people that you have a humorous attitude towards yourself

send-up (noun)

informal a way of talking or behaving in which you copy the way that someone else talks or behaves in a humorous way

take-off (noun)

an occasion when someone copies the voice or behaviour of someone else in a humorous way

take the mick (British)

Britishoffensive to take the mickey

take the mickey ()

to say something in order to try and make someone or something look silly, especially in a friendly way. Doing this is called mickey-taking and someone who does it is a mickey-taker

take the piss (impolite)

impolite to say something to try to make someone look silly

tease (verb)

to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in either a friendly or an unkind way

tease (verb)

to annoy an animal in order to have fun

tease (noun)

something that someone says or does when they are teasing you