Showing your contempt by derision.

synonyms: jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing.

Roget 929: disrespect, disesteem, disestimation^†; disparagement etc. (dispraise) 932, (detraction) 934.    irreverence; slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae [Lat.] [Vergil], superciliousness etc. (contempt) 930.    vilipendency^†, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy etc. 895; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision^†; derision; mockery; irony etc. (ridicule) 856; sarcasm.    hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek^†, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.    ... show more

Roget 4: unsubstantiality^†, insubstantiality; nothingness, nihility^†; no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing.    nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one [Contr.]; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle etc. (smallness) 32; all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence.    thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra [Lat.], nonentity; flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.].    shadow; phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) 443; dream etc. (imagination) 515; ignis fatuus [Lat.] etc. (luminary) 423; such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest]; air, thin air, vapor; bubble etc. 353; baseless fabric of a vision" [Tempest]; mockery.    hollowness, blank; void etc. (absence) 187.    inanity, fool's paradise.    ... show more

Polish: kpina, prześmiewka, drwina

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.

synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty.

Roget 19: imitation; copying etc. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint.    mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation etc. 554; semblance; copy etc. 21; assimilation.    paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature etc. 21.    plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit etc. (falsehood) 544; celluloid.    imitator, echo, cuckoo^†, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime; copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate.    ... show more

Roget 545: deception; falseness etc. 544; untruth etc. 546; imposition, imposture; fraud, deceit, guile; fraudulence, fraudulency^†; covin^†; knavery etc. (cunning) 702; misrepresentation etc. (falsehood) 544; bluff; straw-bail, straw bid [U.S.]; spoof [Slang].    delusion, gullery^†; juggling, jugglery^†; slight of hand, legerdemain; prestigiation^†, prestidigitation; magic etc. 992; conjuring, conjuration; hocus-pocus, escamoterie^†, jockeyship^†; trickery, coggery^†, chicanery; supercherie^†, cozenage^†, circumvention, ingannation^†, collusion; treachery etc. 940; practical joke.    trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem etc. (artifice) 702; confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft etc. 791; ballot-box stuffing [U.S.], barney [Slang]; brace game [Slang], bunko game, drop game [Slang], gum game [U.S.], panel game [U.S.], shell game, thimblerig, skin game [U.S.].    snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin; springe^†, springle^†; noose, hoot; bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens; cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime; dionaea^†, Venus's flytrap^†; ambush etc. 530; trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom; spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery; mine; flytrap^†; green goods [U.S.]; panel house.    Cornish hug; wolf in sheep's clothing etc. (deceiver) 548; disguise, disguisement^†; false colors, masquerade, mummery, borrowed plumes; pattes de velours [Fr.].    mockery etc. (imitation) 19; copy etc. 21; counterfeit, sham, make-believe, forgery, fraud; lie etc. 546; a delusion a mockery and a snare" [Denman], hollow mockery.    whited sepulcher, painted sepulcher; tinsel; paste, junk jewelry, costume jewelry, false jewelry, synthetic jewels; scagliola^†, ormolu, German silver, albata^†, paktong^†, white metal, Britannia metal, paint; veneer; jerry building; man of straw.    illusion etc. (error) 495; ignis fatuus [Lat.] etc. 423; mirage etc. 443.    ... show more

Roget 856: ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision^†; scoffing etc. (disrespect) 929; mockery, quiz^†, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing etc. v.; asteism^†.    squib, satire, skit, quip, quib^†, grin.    parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie^†; farce etc. (drama) 599; caricature.    buffoonery etc. (fun) 840; practical joke; horseplay.    scorn, contempt etc. 930.    ... show more

Dutch: bedotterij, mystificatie, grap
Polish: szarada, karykatura, parodia

Humorous or satirical mimicry.

synonyms: parody, takeoff.

Dutch: parodie, persiflage