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What is another word for
burlesque
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Adjective
Characterized by parody or satire
Noun
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation
A variety entertainment show, usually including titillation
A performance intended to amuse or be funny
The creative use of words and ideas for humor, or the aptitude for such
An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama
A staged form of entertainment
A nightclub or restaurant where cabaret is performed
A false front or fake act
Verb
To make a burlesque parody of
To tease, ridicule, or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner
To make untrue and slanderous comments about
Be theatrical
To smile in a scornful or deprecating manner
Make a performance of
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Adjective
▲
Characterized by parody or satire
satirical
parodic
farcical
ironical
caricatural
comic
mock
hudibrastic
mocking
travestying
mock-heroic
sarcastic
sardonic
caustic
sharp
mordant
satiric
derisive
cynical
trenchant
bitter
acerbic
stinging
scornful
cutting
disparaging
biting
tongue-in-cheek
ridiculing
pungent
chaffing
mordacious
keen
ironic
incisive
dry
scoffing
acid
scathing
sneering
wry
double-edged
derisory
backhanded
sarky
contemptuous
clever
implausible
uncomplimentary
curious
jibing
spicy
acrid
contradictory
exaggerated
atypical
critical
backbiting
alert
witty
arrogant
twisted
ridiculous
defiant
poignant
quick-witted
taunting
disrespectful
irreverent
spoof
humorous
parodying
spoofing
pointed
lampooning
bantering
paradoxical
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
barbed
corrosive
snarky
acerb
tart
acidulous
scalding
acidic
smart-mouthed
smart-alecky
smart-aleck
acrimonious
vitriolic
severe
harsh
venomous
nasty
astringent
virulent
mean
cruel
spiteful
scorching
penetrating
vicious
piercing
malicious
catty
searing
hurtful
wounding
devastating
brusque
carping
salty
jeering
unkind
offensive
withering
contumelious
abrasive
waspish
razor-edged
irascible
scurrilous
savage
captious
hostile
evil
rude
poisonous
fierce
needling
saucy
twitting
austere
ornery
snide
weisenheiming
belittling
polemic
laconic
rapier-like
rancorous
ferocious
droll
acute
cussed
skeptical
US
cynic
disillusioned
sceptical
UK
disdainful
snarling
unsparing
stringent
abusive
hateful
derogatory
blistering
snappy
sour
pithy
unfriendly
stern
sly
heartless
truculent
callous
brutal
subtle
laughable
ludicrous
misanthropical
absurd
wise
hypercritical
preposterous
telling
risible
disapproving
condemning
censuring
silly
forceful
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
comical
demeaning
vindictive
pathetic
sharp-tongued
churlish
cockamamie
cockamamy
slashing
drilling
terse
clear-cut
insulting
unblunted
merciless
misanthropic
unsympathetic
pessimistic
quizzical
violent
impertinent
unrelenting
edged
lambent
pitiless
teasing
corroding
burning
sadistic
grim
overwhelming
overpowering
detracting
ruthless
wanton
passive-aggressive
aggressive
hard
extremely critical
cold-blooded
strong
uncivil
rough
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-natured
cursing
contorted
curt
crisp
unpleasant
cold
evil-intentioned
malevolent
snappish
snippy
testy
acetose
short
sound
rigorous
splenetic
malign
baleful
malignant
vengeful
pernicious
bilious
squint-eyed
highly effective
distorted
crooked
uneven
deformed
warped
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
peppery
ungracious
maleficent
malefic
smart
pawky
awry
aslant
askew
skewwhiff
deadpan
scurril
vituperative
vituperatory
scurrile
opprobrious
deprecating
waggish
apathetic
matter-of-fact
straight-faced
low-key
quietly humorous
poker-faced
cavilling
UK
censorious
judgemental
niggling
judgmental
quibbling
caviling
US
rejective
nitpicking
faultfinding
pernickety
invective
denunciatory
nagging
hairsplitting
reproachful
demanding
cavillous
particular
overnice
calumniatory
exceptive
judgy
scolding
humbling
fault-finding
hair-splitting
lowering
critic
hard to please
overcritical
pass-remarkable
over-censorious
choleric
nit-picking
more ❯
“Aristophanes, in one of his pieces, has given us a
burlesque
parody of the plan of a perfect republic, as conceived by Protagoras and Plato.”
Noun
▲
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation
parody
caricature
travesty
spoof
lampoon
mockery
satire
takeoff
imitation
skit
farce
pasquinade
pastiche
rib
distortion
sendup
pasticcio
mock
lampoonery
send-up
take-off
put-on
mimicry
impersonation
ridicule
impression
raillery
squib
banter
irony
invective
derision
dig
scoffing
sarcasm
comeback
put down
causticity
scorn
roast
contempt
disparagement
sneering
mordancy
cut
sham
aspersion
criticism
persiflage
wisecrack
censure
chaffing
cartoon
mocking
lampooning
play-on
acrimony
bitterness
acidity
sharpness
acridity
acerbity
sketch
cynicism
pappyshow
rancor
US
superciliousness
act
corrosiveness
imitating
mordacity
taunt
insult
taunting
causticness
joke
play
jest
copy
flouting
gibe
trenchancy
mimicking
misrepresentation
apology
aping
mime
apery
simulation
personation
charade
witticism
wit
rancour
UK
pretence
UK
mimesis
pretense
US
poor substitute
brutality
forcefulness
directness
incisiveness
outspokenness
mickey-take
takedown
pasquil
turn
piece
comedy
masquerade
routine
number
item
perversion
mock-heroic
copying
falsification
deception
comedy sketch
performance
corruption
pale imitation
pantomime
false impression
excuse
distorted representation
exaggerated representation
exaggeration
poor imitation
exaggerated drawing
distorted drawing
parroting
apology for
excuse for
posture
mimetism
camouflage
slight
slur
barb
affront
epithet
indignity
outrage
slap
diss
brickbat
dis
offence
UK
offense
US
gird
dart
poke
name
personality
gibing
vitriol
mocking remark
teasing
disdain
joking
jeer
kidding
jeering
joshing
badinage
sneer
jibing
ragging
chaff
ribbing
laughter
sport
jab
slam
razz
swipe
kidology
sneers
taunts
chiacking
goofing
razzing
jibes
twitting
rally
needling
foolery
buffoonery
leer
sardonicism
winding up
parting shot
taking the mickey
pulling someone's chain
denigration
deprecation
detraction
contumely
derogation
depreciation
belittlement
diminishment
vilification
obloquy
abuse
disrespect
belittling
fun
repartee
slander
jesting
calumny
Bronx cheer
scornfulness
scoff
dump
catcall
jibe
heckling
jeers
defamation
knocking
opprobrium
pooh-poohing
condescension
crack
bantering
vituperation
condemnation
reproach
pleasantry
libel
traducement
backchat
backstabbing
backbiting
backhanded compliment
cutting remark
libeling
US
traducing
give-and-take
libelling
UK
character assassination
gibes
derisiveness
provocation
asperity
acridness
tartness
virulence
cattiness
venom
acidness
facetiousness
goading
ridiculing
josh
hiss
boo
bile
odium
virulency
snidery
sledge
decry
leg-pulling
japing
fleer
insults
backhander
pilgarlic
rag
ride
twit
tease
rank-out
hoot
calumniation
slap in the face
dirty dig
verbal abuse
snappy comeback
roasting
good-humoured mockery
asteism
shout
smearing
skylarking
clowning about
antics
jokes
fooling around
mischief
clowning around
defaming
disapproval
hissing
snort
bird
raspberry
catcalling
hectoring
booing
shouting
interruption
innuendo
besmirching
barracking
stigmatization
US
stigmatisation
UK
muckraking
insinuation
wordplay
acid
wryness
backhandedness
sarkiness
absurdity
scandalmongering
scurrility
running down
ripostes
swordplay
sallies
wisecracks
quipping
crosstalk
quips
jocularity
witticisms
drollery
discredit
revilement
scandal
injury
hurt
lie
tale
knock
harm
smear campaign
disesteem
injustice
damage
pejorative
wrong
maligning
hit
minimization
marginalization
US
bants
lessening
castigation
denunciation
degradation
marginalisation
UK
contemptuousness
gossip
witty remarks
exchange
chitchat
playful jab
witty conversation
dissing
bons mots
small talk
chastisement
debasement
reprobation
recrimination
reproval
despisement
despite
remonstrance
upbraiding
critique
excoriation
slamming
admonishment
slating
flak
reproof
chiding
playing down
misprision
hatred
faultfinding
smear
panning
slagging
underestimation
blame
berating
despitefulness
scolding
carping
nitpicking
cavilling
UK
prejudice
cavil
caviling
US
disgust
dislike
distaste
snobbishness
disregard
hate
fault-finding
indifference
dismissiveness
slagging off
verbal disapproval
nit-picking
aversion
misappreciation
antipathy
insolence
despisal
more ❯
“Le Notre's coat of arms is nothing if not a
burlesque
of heraldic traditions.”
Noun
▲
A variety entertainment show, usually including titillation
cabaret
extravaganza
spectacular
revue
vaudeville
burly
striptease
floor show
variety show
burlesque show
peep show
strip show
burly show
entertainment
show
skit
music hall
theatre
UK
theater
US
production
lampoon
presentation
satire
sketch show
“The idea came to him one night while attending a
burlesque
as the dancer came down the runway and the two spotlights converged on her.”
Noun
▲
A performance intended to amuse or be funny
humour
UK
humor
US
slapstick
comedy
satire
farce
pantomime
parody
travesty
caricature
pasquinade
skit
vaudeville
play
sitcom
knockabout
slapstick comedy
pratfall comedy
comic play
situation comedy
comic film
comic opera
light entertainment
horseplay
knockabout comedy
physical comedy
light comedy
buffoonery
spoof
squib
interlude
camp
mockery
mock
low comedy
broad comedy
high camp
low camp
campy art
clowning
visual comedy
Noun
▲
The creative use of words and ideas for humor, or the aptitude for such
wit
repartee
raillery
wordplay
witticisms
pleasantry
puns
joke
wisecrack
quip
quips
sally
levity
satire
jokes
aphorism
lark
prank
pun
whimsicality
bon mot
jest
gag
witticism
crack
josh
funny
jape
giggle
rib
humor
US
laugh
yuck
yuk
nonsense
humour
UK
boffo
drollery
boff
waggery
boffola
nifty
killer
buffoonery
whimsy
ridiculousness
blague
chestnut
absurdity
banter
old chestnut
play on words
double entendre
funny story
thigh-slapper
epigram
knee-slapper
ha-ha
shaggy-dog story
in-joke
one-liner
rib-tickler
anecdote
fun
witty remark
comeback
badinage
riposte
retort
amusement
gibe
joking
comedy
rejoinder
facetiousness
remark
clowning
jesting
spoof
kidding
funniness
parody
drollness
comicality
humorousness
jibe
jocularity
barb
return
wittiness
equivoque
paronomasia
gaiety
comicalness
jocoseness
flippancy
dig
mockery
flash of wit
irony
funny remark
jeer
smart remark
clever remark
playfulness
happiness
tomfoolery
joyfulness
jocosity
private joke
lightness
ludicrousness
running joke
high spirits
ruse
hoax
uproariousness
richness
zinger
comic
counter
insult
play
hilarity
Atticism
hilariousness
ridicule
retaliation
sneer
taunt
slapstick
absurdness
sparkle
derision
amusingness
cutting remark
funny side
comical aspect
comic side
black humor
sense of humor
the funny side
sense of fun
parting shot
foolishness
apophthegm
entertainment
hoot
wile
witty comment
counterattack
amusing tale
quirk
aside
merriment
offense
US
offence
UK
squib
affront
slur
slight
insinuation
farce
shaggy dog story
practical joke
farcicality
good-natured remark
witty communication
inside joke
yarn
motto
zaniness
mot
sardonic remark
smart crack
pithy remark
teasing
cartoon
strip
chaff
drawing
persiflage
sport
lampoon
sketch
answer
reply
response
ribbing
leg-pulling
japing
ragging
comic strip
joshing
kidology
roasting
chaffing
razzing
good-humoured mockery
asteism
lampoonery
acknowledgement
UK
replication
innuendo
calembour
back talk
back answer
lip
cooler
acknowledgment
US
antiphon
snappy comeback
squelch
reprisal
revenge
topper
respond
pivot
quibble
amphibology
carriwitchet
clinch
double meaning
clench
conundrum
nick
whim
pundigrion
ambiguity
jeu de mots
conceit
scoffing
jab
rag
slam
sarcasm
put down
ride
twit
tease
rank-out
razz
scoff
swipe
dump
more ❯
Noun
▲
An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama
extravaganza
spectacle
show
exhibition
pageant
display
presentation
spectacular
performance
festival
circus
gala
caricature
divertissement
musical
parody
variety
raree-show
flight of fancy
parade
event
carnival
exposition
fair
fireworks
fanfare
representation
pageantry
exhibit
bazaar
expo
demonstration
celebration
showing
trade fair
special
production
acrobatics
pyrotechnics
gilly
kermis
hippodrome
three-ring
revel
ceremony
demo
observance
occasion
centennial
procession
cavalcade
tableau
trade event
big top
play
scene
ritual
fete
showcase
program
US
panoply
programme
UK
charade
motorcade
make-believe
pomp
airing
convention
retrospective
tableau vivant
marketplace
county fair
mounting
viewing
world fair
staging
biennale
public display
trade show
illustration
mart
revelation
slide show
televising
broadcast
sight
offering
playing
rendition
march
screening
portrayal
arrangement
organizing
US
organising
UK
tattoo
march-past
more ❯
Noun
▲
A staged form of entertainment
show
play
performance
musical
production
spectacle
act
opera
presentation
theatrical
cabaret
comedy
dance
drama
entertainment
matinee
piece
stage show
composition
concert
curtain-raiser
recital
revue
ceremony
offering
rehearsal
review
gig
public performance
staging
theatrical performance
skit
sketch
routine
floor show
variety show
dramatization
US
masque
extravaganza
dramatisation
UK
stage play
theatrical work
theatrical piece
appearance
number
theatre
UK
theater
US
turn
bit
shtick
schtick
vaudeville
theatricals
allegory
farce
exhibition
screenplay
pantomime
public presentation
musical performance
music hall
movie
afternoon showing
film
live performance
spectacular
showing
lampoon
satire
vaudeville show
engagement
job
employment
prosecution
commission
enactment
pursuance
solo
program
US
broadcast
programme
UK
series
sight
representation
recitation
trick
house
live music
sketch show
party piece
entertaining
event
performing
solo performance
acting
attraction
show biz
song
musicale
show business
item
playlet
prom
curtain
gag
introduction
festival
rockfest
tragedy
music festival
jam session
musical entertainment
teleplay
soapie
promenade concert
pop concert
rock concert
potboiler
work
soap opera
dramatic piece
mask
television drama
radio play
one-act
television play
flop
turkey
smash
hit
smash hit
more ❯
Noun
▲
A nightclub or restaurant where cabaret is performed
cabaret
cafe
club
nightclub
nightspot
niterie
supper club
bistro
nitery
roadhouse
café
discothèque
drum
honky-tonk
bar
disco
dive
hideaway
hot spot
nightery
speakeasy
tavern
clip joint
after-hours joint
live entertainment
night spot
watering hole
discotheque
joint
pub
saloon
restaurant
spot
casino
boîte
country club
private club
theatre
UK
theater
US
brasserie
lounge
bodega
inn
hotspot
hotel
nite club
motel
wine bar
cabaret club
greasy spoon
transport cafe
blind tiger
blind pig
hangout
juke joint
taproom
cantina
alehouse
dramshop
grogshop
barroom
drinkery
beer joint
watering place
public house
gin mill
cocktail lounge
dance hall
juke house
pool hall
jook house
establishment
beerhouse
local
venue
boozer
bierkeller
howff
salon
rathskeller
hostelry
place
locale
taphouse
beer parlour
free house
pot-house
beverage room
drinking establishment
beer garden
ale house
tied house
parlor
US
location
parlour
UK
hole in the wall
more ❯
Noun
▲
A false front or fake act
sham
fakery
act
charade
con
facade
simulation
deceit
deception
façade
forgery
hoax
pretense
US
pretext
trick
dissembling
feint
flimflam
imposture
jive
lie
phoniness
pretence
UK
counterfeit
faking
feigning
fiction
humbug
imitation
sell
smoke
spoof
play-acting
false front
put-on
put-up job
cover-up
snow job
artifice
fraud
ruse
wile
subterfuge
scam
dodge
fake
cheat
swindle
stratagem
bluff
sting
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
guise
masquerade
front
scheme
show
trickery
machination
blind
hustle
device
hypocrisy
insincerity
bunco
misrepresentation
illusion
ploy
game
veneer
mask
dissimulation
racket
contrivance
affectation
dishonesty
disguise
double-dealing
con trick
fast one
wheeze
shift
duplicity
shamming
kidology
appearance
posture
pose
veil
false display
cloak
stunt
fiddle
semblance
whitewash
rip-off
posturing
smokescreen
cheating
pretension
leg-pull
con game
fast shuffle
shell game
airs
impression
expedient
grift
rort
gambit
falsification
deceitfulness
set-up
codology
falsity
window dressing
fastie
cover
public image
dirty trick
make-believe
confidence trick
pretentiousness
dirty pool
shady deal
empty talk
playacting
phoney
UK
canard
fabrication
chicanery
gimmick
phony
US
fix
smoke and mirrors
wrong
lurk
tactic
fraudulence
false colors
bamboozlement
deceptiveness
Trojan horse
hoaxing
cant
stall
bunko
lying
hanky-panky
diddle
mendacity
display
shakedown
hokum
invention
gloss
posing
blackmail
sweet talk
face
look
red herring
tokenism
exterior
sanctimoniousness
false colours
plant
frame
jazz
baloney
falsehood
fetch
sleight
flanker
prank
rig
schlenter
cozening
affectedness
chicane
plot
plan
imposition
artificiality
Tartufferie
decoy
cover up
run around
duping
treachery
snare
bill of goods
swizzle
bait
move
lip service
distraction
craft
hoodwinking
kite
delusion
image
sharp practice
embezzlement
boondoggle
dirty work
hocus-pocus
piousness
pretending
snobbery
pretensions
air
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
ostentation
twist
fancy
false show
setup
bluffing
exaggeration
side
snootiness
uppishness
game plan
extortion
cunning plan
lack of veracity
false excuse
false appearance
crooked deal
going Hollywood
showing off
unnatural imitation
airs and graces
assumed manners
putting on airs
victimisation
UK
victimization
US
sellout
play
swindling
soft soap
crocodile tears
quackery
exploitation
swizz
layer
charlatanry
intrigue
snow
jiving
duck
roguery
knavery
evasion
caper
ramp
stealing
frame-up
mere show
joke
lip devotion
lip praise
hypocritical respect
mouthing
lip reverence
smooth talk
hollow words
unctuousness
token agreement
lip worship
lip homage
mouth honor
tongue in cheek
jig
fraudulent scheme
mock attack
double cross
angle
sucker game
rug pull
double-cross
hosing
shenanigans
scenario
dissemblance
perfidy
switch
acting
fantasy
curveball
falseness
putting on a front
a put-up job
assuming a front
a put-on
phoneyness
disguisement
window-dressing
coloring
US
disingenuousness
booby trap
daydreaming
dream
imagination
unreality
quiz
oldest trick in the book
hollowness
lies
propaganda
colouring
UK
dido
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
dreaming
romancing
strategy
erroneousness
lure
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
arrogance
uncandidness
sanctimony
flim-flam
attention-grabber
guile
self-deception
curve ball
false face
smoke screen
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
design
fallacy
simulacrum
feeling
misperception
system
pageant
fairy tale
story
role-playing
foxiness
wiliness
disguising
counterfeiting
cunningness
crookedness
cunning
dupery
crookery
craftiness
cozenage
concealing
masking
guilefulness
false impression
tactics
method
pietism
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
venture
programme
UK
arrangement
project
machinations
program
US
manoeuvring
UK
conspiracy
blueprint
pharisaicalness
barratry
monkeyshine
crime
criminality
string
enterprise
maneuvering
US
deceptive appearance
suppression
camouflage
villainy
crafty designs
course of action
road map
secret plan
ground plan
plan of action
line of action
master plan
grand design
foul play
bad deed
funny business
outward appearance
dirty deeds
pomposity
hoky-poky
cruel act
song and dance
snake oil
wooden nickel
Pharisaism
mere façade
hypocriticalness
pecksniffery
sham holiness
pious platitudes
affected piety
hypocritical statement
false piety
trap
catch
bilk
ride
shuck
mare's nest
confidence game
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a burlesque parody of
mock
ridicule
parody
caricature
satirise
UK
satirize
US
lampoon
mimic
travesty
spoof
imitate
do
ape
exaggerate
send up
take off
make fun of
make a monkey out of
take the piss out of
impersonate
personate
mime
play
enact
copy
perform
ditto
represent
act
portray
pose as
put on
do an impression of
distort
fake
sham
monkey
interpret
masquerade as
personify
characterize
US
dramatize
US
characterise
UK
dramatise
UK
play act
play a part
act out
put on an act
affect
feign
guy
pervert
assume
simulate
mirror
misrepresent
deride
pretend
roast
pasquinade
do like
pass oneself off as
make like
strut
star
emote
poke fun at
mug
act like
pretend to be
take part
play gig
play role
tread the boards
play part
pastiche
send-up
hoke
play on
squib
make a mockery of
caricaturize
rag
tease
jape
rail
playact
embody
purport to be
represent oneself as
profess to be
double as
assume character
pass off
dress as
make a fool of
appear
act a part
take the part of
play a role
jeer
sheik
US
joke
twist
disparage
jest
sheikh
UK
be an actor
go over
bring down the house
stooge
be on
be one of the cast
play the part of
put it over
ham
be an actress
ham it up
do a turn
go on
make debut
rehearse
laugh at
take the mickey
emulate
copycat
parrot
do a takeoff of
reflect
repeat
pantomime
make believe
go like
model after
do likewise
pattern after
follow in footsteps
do an impression
try to be like
do an impersonation of
play-act
play to the gallery
reproduce
follow
echo
duplicate
follow the example of
counterfeit
depict
render
take after
pass for
follow in the footsteps of
parallel
replicate
present
follow suit
take as a model
take as an example
model yourself on
pattern yourself after
clone
take a leaf out of someone's book
dissemble
epitomize
US
epitomise
UK
exhibit
take as a pattern
show
match
adopt
approximate
resemble
reduplicate
bluff
execute
model
style oneself on
mimeo
masquerade
display
be consistent with
be similar to
smack of
adopt the style of
have earmarks of
be the very picture of
exemplify
symbolise
UK
symbolize
US
come close to
look like
picture
bear a resemblance to
bear resemblance to
have signs of
look a lot like
assume the role
put on airs
make out like
profess
stage
manifest
play at
take
draw inspiration
typify
incarnate
give the appearance of
be a mock-up of
cheat
produce
evince
pretend to have
reenact
adapt
delude
follow example
profess to have
defraud
develop
do a take-off
behave like
act as
detail
outline
describe
give a picture of
illustrate
rip off
pattern oneself on
image
borrow
perform as
follow in someone's steps
be inspired by
become
take as a role model
take on
be influenced
be inspired
pose
improvise
illuminate
delineate
take leaf out of book
be like
correspond to
be sparked
be guided
be impacted
be dictated
be driven
be affected
be impressed
be motivated
lay on
posture
act the part of
take the role of
appear as
bring to mind
coincide with
come near
remind one of
come to have
turn into
recreate
forge
are
front
present as
purport
plagiarize
US
dupe
carbon
put it on
make as if
put on a front
make up
stat
manifold
plagiarise
UK
trace
photocopy
Photostat
knock off
Xerox
make a copy of
make a replica of
more ❯
“To attempt to
burlesque
that which is in itself deserving of veneration, is to render one's self most criminal.”
Verb
▲
To tease, ridicule, or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner
make fun of
mock
ridicule
tease
deride
kid
rib
chaff
taunt
josh
satirise
UK
satirize
US
rag
lampoon
twit
razz
rally
parody
mimic
caricature
quiz
guy
smoke
heckle
rot
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
poke fun at
jibe at
send up
wind up
rag on
goof on
make jokes about
poke mullock at
take the mickey
make sport of
be sarcastic about
sling off at
make a monkey of
scorn
sneer at
treat contemptuously
pillory
treat with contempt
laugh to scorn
chiack
flout
joke
take the piss out of
jeer
gibe
sneer
scoff
put down
insult
flout at
banter
jive
needle
jibe
disparage
haze
scout
pooh-pooh
hoot
torment
ride
disdain
roast
bait
goad
slight
affront
fun
skewer
heap scorn on
quip
hold up to ridicule
shoot down
put on
belittle
show up
contemn
jape
pan
outrage
fleer
jest
gird
humiliate
sledge
slam
gibe at
shuck
cock a snook at
have on
dump on
pour scorn on
make a monkey out of
pull one's leg
poke borak at
laugh out of court
pick on
knock
hector
provoke
catcall
hiss
hassle
detract
offend
dis
annoy
barrack
harass
hold up to shame
mess around
pull someone's leg
boo
bother
lout
shout down
slur
slap
jab
make a fool of
run down
call names
swipe at
make a game of
dig
laugh
give a hard time
blow raspberries
rail at
show contempt for
despise
thumb nose at
frazzle
wound
show contempt
diss
tear to pieces
imitate
take off
make a joke of
disrespect
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
raz
deflate
cartoon
expose
unmask
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
poke borack
make a laughing-stock
cut down
discount
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
spurn
decry
fool
flip
pull someone's chain
prank
gag
wisecrack
divert
jolly
entertain
plague
worry
pester
harry
badger
irritate
aggravate
bedevil
amuse
devil
disturb
be at
importune
dog
nudge
gnaw
spoof
sound
beleaguer
vex
flirt with
lead on
snap
howl
holler
shriek
raspberry
whistle
trash-talk
revile
underrate
get at
curl your lip at
turn up one's nose
make cutting remarks about
be contemptuous of
rank out
sneeze at
have a crack at
say contemptuously
sniff at
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
take a swipe at
look down on
quip at
hold in contempt
reproach
criticise
UK
upbraid
twitter
criticize
US
dismiss
denigrate
vilify
detract from
do a number on
abuse
interrupt
shout disapproval
shout at
shout disapproval at
comeback
give the Bronx cheer to
hiss at
boo at
hoot at
poke fun
whistle at
blow raspberries at
snipe
catcall at
make a crack
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make untrue and slanderous comments about
malign
slander
vilify
defame
traduce
smear
denigrate
disparage
calumniate
libel
slur
asperse
discredit
sully
besmirch
stain
blacken
taint
tarnish
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
befoul
derogate
revile
slight
misrepresent
vilipend
badmouth
backbite
caricature
mudsling
villainize
bad-mouth
speak ill of
drag through the mire
drag through the mud
run down
cast aspersions on
give a black eye
fling mud at
sling mud at
speak evil of
spread scandal about
give a bad name
tear down
tell lies about
do a hatchet job on
throw mud at
write false reports about
spread tales about
mark wrong
drag name through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
drag someone's name through the mire
sully someone's reputation
taint someone's name
tarnish someone's name
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
accuse falsely
cast aspersion
spread lies about
sully someone's name
blacken someone's character
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
injure the reputation of
knock
rubbish
decry
dishonour
UK
belittle
dishonor
US
slag off
disgrace
attack
injure
degrade
censure
blot
smirch
defile
debase
insult
reproach
bring into disrepute
assail
damage
roast
slam
impugn
besmear
shame
disrespect
abuse
deride
detract
vituperate
bring discredit to
muckrake
do a number on
pan
lower
dump on
spot
blister
cast a slur on
soil
bring shame on
bring shame upon
spoil
put down
scorch
rip
blotch
reduce
breathe on
reflect badly on
run smear campaign
rip up and down
tar and feather
blacken the name of
slate
criticize
US
offend
bash
diss
pour scorn on
speak badly of
pull apart
criticise
UK
berate
sully the reputation of
lambaste
have a go at
condemn
embarrass
trash-talk
deprecate
inveigh against
depreciate
dis
minimize
US
trash
jump on
tear into
discount
take to pieces
curse
blacken the reputation of
blemish
hit out at
conduct a smear campaign against
ridicule
mock
minimise
UK
denounce
poison
undermine
cut to the quick
pull to pieces
pillory
poor-mouth
blaspheme
rail against
fulminate against
hammer
hurt
monster
back-bite
skewer
pummel
US
bag
belie
lay into
taunt
dismiss
contemn
diminish
humiliate
blast
pummelled
UK
mortify
sneer
throw brickbats at
zing
blacken the character of
snub
rap
abase
demonize
US
demonise
UK
miscall
prejudice
slang
flame
sling mud
be rude to
sneer at
play down
call names
do down
talk down
cry down
kiss off
rip up
write off
lampoon
accuse
gossip
lie
spite
backstab
lie about
slag
gossip about
put zingers on
cast slur on
ruin
blackguard
destroy
castigate
undervalue
trivialize
US
drag through mud
underestimate
underrate
excoriate
scorn
deflate
disdain
downgrade
lambast
marginalize
US
minify
scathe
savage
rebuke
potshot
nag
scold
belabor
US
misprize
trivialise
UK
marginalise
UK
upbraid
brand
oppress
reprove
persecute
insinuate
affront
detract from
annoy
belabour
UK
ride
hose
provoke
outrage
pooh-pooh
hold cheap
laugh off
scoff at
treat lightly
make light of
put hooks in
laugh at
pick holes in
aggravate
humble
sink
foul
chasten
cheapen
demean
wound
cut up
criticize unfairly
give black eye
bad mouth
cut down
blow off
shout at
cuss out
swear at
vituperate against
upset
skin alive
disfavor
US
disregard
put in a bad light
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
take down a peg
take down a peg or two
desecrate
disfavour
UK
take down
own
cause to lose face
cut down to size
show up
attaint
lose face
put someone in their place
kick in the teeth
slap in the face
hit where one lives
slap
tease
irritate
disoblige
strumpet
plaster
hit
sledge
gird
jeer
scoff
give offence to
cause offence to
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
defame someone's character
dig
jinx
dress down
rag on
call down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be theatrical
ham it up
exaggerate
overdo it
overplay
caricature
chew the scenery
chew up the scenery
emote
ham
melodramatize
overact
tear a cat
theatricalize
travesty
lay it on thick
mug
Verb
▲
To smile in a scornful or deprecating manner
snigger
smile
snicker
laugh
sneer
affront
belittle
caricature
crack
decry
deride
detract
disdain
disparage
dump
fleer
flout
gibe
gird
grin
insult
jeer
jest
lampoon
leer
rally
ridicule
satirise
UK
satirize
US
scoff
scorn
slam
slight
swipe
taunt
travesty
twit
underrate
laugh at
put down
quip at
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
curl one's lip
give Bronx cheer
hold in contempt
look down on
hold up to ridicule
turn up one's nose
Verb
▲
Make a performance of
dramatize
US
exaggerate
overdo
overstate
amplify
sensationalise
UK
sensationalize
US
catastrophize
embellish
embroider
hyperbolize
inflate
magnify
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
overplay
overstress
aggrandize
color
US
colour
UK
elaborate
gild
heighten
play-act
act
blow up
dress up
enact
execute
expand on
farcialize
melodramatize
perform
playact
present
produce
show
splash
stage
touch up
tragedize
ham up
lay on
play up
give color to
ham it up
lay it on
lay it on thick
make a performance of
play on heartstrings
play to gallery
play to the gallery
make a big thing out of
make a production of
blow up out of all proportion
make a mountain out of a molehill
overdraw
stretch
pad
overestimate
build up
fudge
enhance
puff
emphasize
US
expand
enlarge
blow out of proportion
overpitch
emphasise
UK
make too much of something
elaborate on
stretch the truth
lay it on with a trowel
make a drama out of a crisis
overdramatize
misrepresent
boost
misreport
exalt
pyramid
falsify
pile it on
lie
romanticize
US
put on
make a big thing of
romanticise
UK
blow something out of all proportion
overuse
make a production out of
overact
maximize
US
overwork
distort
oversell
intensify
overvalue
fabricate
brag
boast
misquote
maximise
UK
hike
overrate
over-elaborate
varnish
add colour
make a federal case of
overembellish
lay it on with a shovel
draw the longbow
shoot a line
draw the long bow
flesh out
make federal case
make a big deal out of something
accentuate
mug
accent
make a big thing of it
blow it out of all proportion
overstate the case
show off
get carried away
point up
labor at
emphasize too much
magnify importance
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
puff up
make a mountain out of
emote
increase
give someone a sob story
augment
add detail to
blow-up
enlarge on
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
distend
ginger up
overelaborate
yeast
add flesh to
jazz up
extend
swell
pump up
express emotion
escalate
cram
surcharge
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
disguise
beef up
drive up
swell up
go up
pervert
garble
manipulate
misrelate
poison
misstate
airbrush
belie
bend
fake
massage
strain
go overboard with
belabour
UK
carry
do to death
pile on
cook
misinterpret
overload
overreach
camp up
overburden
overtax
overindulge
hype
fatigue
belabor
US
overtire
pressure
quote out of context
talk big
strain yourself
pull the longbow
go overboard
drive oneself
make a thing about
make a thing of
run riot
wear down
take out of context
put a spin on
give a false account of
gloss over
go too far
wear yourself out
make a big thing about
bite off too much
run into the ground
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
scam
romance
cook up
pile it on about
pretty up
go to extremes
loud talk
lay it on thick about
big up
lay it on with a trowel about
dramatise
UK
overdo it
stress
chew the scenery
tear a cat
ham
strengthen
warp
attach too much importance to
overpraise
twist
deepen
labor
US
labour
UK
promote
redouble
highlight
consolidate
underline
slant
step up
dwell on
harp on
amp up
attach too much weight to
alter
raise
multiply
travesty
doctor
change
compound
spin
rise
impress
add to
fiddle
tamper with
broaden
fix
brighten
over-praise
intensate
jack up
adulterate
hike up
rouse
expound on
go on about
trump up
lay too much emphasis on
harp on about
place too much emphasis on
palter
prevaricate
con
go on
phony up
equivocate
drive home
chew up the scenery
stretch a point
theatricalize
interlard
blow up out of proportion
fill out
allow too much for
overcalculate
mount
lay too much stress on
forge
make something out of nothing
acclaim
go over the top about
go on and on about
counterfeit
dilate
applaud
praise
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
invent
concentrate
sweeten
debase
sharpen
reinforce
overwrite
vitiate
advance
overplay it
fester
contravene
salt
put on an act
rig
traverse
gloss
deacon
four-flush
fake it
deceive
contort
frame up
fib
overcharge
run up
jump up
exacerbate
aggravate
soft-soap
camp it up
quicken
worsen
gain strength
inflame
pick up
parody
embellish the truth
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
pay extravagant compliments
lay on with a trowel
heat up
lighten
pour it on
set off
spike
darken
add fuel
make worse
whet
point
tone up
heap on
conceal
make much of
blarney
blow smoke
miscolor
pass off
cover up
skew
angle
snow
cheese
give a false idea of
cloak
bias
beard
mask
mangle
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