Main entry: derision, ridicule
Definition: the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Main entry: ridicule
Definition: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
Main entry: jest at, make fun, laugh at, blackguard, guy, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
Definition: subject to laughter or ridicule
Usage: 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