makes sport of
phrase
as in ridicules
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter The commentator often makes sport of the fashion choices of the famous. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- ridicules
- mocks
- makes fun of
- rags on
- scouts
- shoots down
- jeers
- cocks snooks (at)
- taunts
- derides
- teases
- pokes fun at
- parodies
- gibes
- cocks a snook (at)
- skewers
- jibes
- laughs (at)
- torments
- imitates
- harasses
- kids
- targets
- belittles
- ribs
- scorns
- disparages
- puts down
- rags
- scoffs (at)
- bugs
- sneers (at)
- parrots
- mimics
- apes
- quizzes
- catcalls
- pesters
- decries
- needles
- harries
- baits
- jives
- rallies
- rides
- hassles
- takes off (on)
- tweaks
- barracks
- caricatures
- heckles
- joshes
- satirizes
- burlesques
- twits
- travesties
- razzes
- chaffs
- bad-mouths
- lampoons
- poohs
- pooh-poohs
- pillories
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- endorses
- approves
- sanctions
- indorses
- commends
- applauds
- liberals
- liberas
- liberate
- liberated
- liberates
- mistracing
- mistrain
- mistrained
- mistraining
- mistrains
- mistral
- mistrals
- mistranscribe
- mistranscribed
- mistranscribes
- mistranscribing
- mistranscription
- mistranscriptions
- mistranslate
- mistranslated
- mistranslates
- mistranslating
- mistranslation
- mistranslations
- mistreat