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51merry — adj 1. cheerful, cheery, full of cheer, gay, sunny, in good or high spirits; blithe, blithesome, light hearted, lightsome, buoyant, optimistic, positive, Inf. upbeat, beamish; debonair, free and easy, carefree, easygoing, breezy, airy, happy go… …
52ridicule — n 1. derision, mockery, mimicry; satire, black humor, lampoon, sarcasm, irony, cynicism; burlesque, travesty, parody, farce, take off, caricature, skit, squib; raillery, banter, chaff, badinage, persiflage, sport, joke; ribbing, teasing, making… …
53deride — v. a. Ridicule (contemptuously or maliciously), mock, scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with,… …
54deride — v 1. scoff at, mock, jeer, ridicule, knock, gird at; fleer, laugh at, guy, Australian. chiack; taunt, gibe, twit, rag; tease, rally, Inf. roast, banter, chaff, rib, kid, Sl. razz; flout, scorn, sneer at, disdain, pooh pooh; scout, contemn, curl… …
55game — n 1. amusement, diversion, distraction, divertissement, pastime, entertainment; recreation, sport, play, fun, merriment, frolic; merrymaking, merriment, joviality, jollity, jollification; tomfoolery, foolery, mummery, buffoonery, clowning around …
56laugh — v 1. giggle, snicker, snigger, titter, tee hee, ha ha, haw haw, Sl. yuk yuk; Inf. break up, Inf. crack up, burst out laughing; shake with laughter, be convulsed, split one s sides, Inf. roll on the floor, Inf. be in stitches, Inf. double up or… …
57banter — I. v. a. Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, chaff (colloq.), ridicule, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of. II. n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, badinage, asteism,… …
58mock — I. v. a. 1. Ape, mimic, imitate, counterfeit, take off. 2. Deride, ridicule, gibe, jeer, taunt, flout, insult, scout, chaff, laugh at, make game of, make fun of, treat with contempt, treat with scorn, make a butt of. 3. Illude, deceive,… …
59taunt — I. v. a. Mock, flout, chaff, ridicule, revile, reproach, upbraid, censure, deride, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, rail at, make game of, make fun of, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with. II. n. Ridicule, derision, scoff, censure,… …
60fun — n 1. pleasure, enjoyment, amusement, play, sport, entertainment, recreation, relaxation, distraction, pastime; mirth, merriment, laughter, glee, hilarity, jollity, high spirits; cheer, delight, gladness, gaiety, cheerfulness, zest, sunshine,… …