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håna — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deride verb To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  • heckle verb To interrupt a speaker or performer with mocking comments or aggressive questions.
  • revile verb To attack (someone) with abusive language.
  • ridicule verb To mock or make fun of someone or something in a scornful way.

Senses

håna is used for these senses in English:

  • deride (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  • heckle (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.
  • make fun of (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
  • revile (ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
  • ridicule (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

deride — full definition

  1. verb To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  2. verb To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.

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