nnoun.personsomeone who is morally reprehensibleSynset:bounder cad dog heel hound
Derivationally Related Form:blackguardly
Hypernyms:scoundrel villain
Inherited Hypernyms:cadvillainunwelcome personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:cadvillainunwelcome personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:perisher
vverb.communicationsubject to laughter or ridiculeSynset:guy jest at laugh at make fun poke fun rib ridicule roast
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:ridiculerribbingridiculeroastrib
Hypernyms:bemock mock
Inherited Hypernyms:ridiculemocktreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:debunkexposelampoonsatirisesatirizestultifytease
Full Troponyms:debunksatirizestultifyteaseunmask
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s something PP (apply to: make fun, poke fun) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: make fun, poke fun)
vverb.communicationuse foul or abusive language towardsSynset:abuse clapperclaw shout
Examples:- The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket
- The angry mother shouted at the teacher
Derivationally Related Form:abuserabusiveabuse
Hypernyms:assail assault attack lash out round snipe
Inherited Hypernyms:abuseattackknockcommentnotestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:curserailrevileslangvilifyvituperate
Full Troponyms:curseslangvilify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: shout)