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pilkata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deride verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
  • jeer noun A rude comment made to make fun of someone.
  • laugh verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
  • mock verb To make fun of someone, often by imitating them; to ridicule.
  • ridicule verb To mock or make fun of someone or something in a scornful way.
  • skit noun A short comic performance, usually a few minutes long, with a single joke or situation at its center — the kind of thing performed at a school assembly, on a variety show or in a social media video.
  • taunt verb To mock or provoke someone with insulting remarks, often to get a reaction.

Senses

pilkata is used for these senses in English:

  • deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  • jeer (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
  • laugh (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
  • make fun of (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
  • mock To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
  • ridicule (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
  • skit (transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of.
  • taunt (transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

deride — full definition

  1. verb To mock someone or something harshly and with contempt.
  2. verb To laugh at someone in an unkind, mocking way.
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