Words That Mean Mock and Ridicule
Laughter used as a weapon. Satire and parody are crafted; deride and disdain are contempt made audible.
8 words
- Burlesquenoun
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- Contemptnoun
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- Derideverb
treat or speak of with contempt
- Disdainnoun
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- Parodynoun
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- Satirenoun
witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --Jonathan Swift
- Spurnverb
reject with contempt
- Travestynoun
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Study these against
A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside mock and ridicule.