Ridicule
Spoof
Spoof verb - To copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of.
Usage example: spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team
Ridicule and spoof are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ridicule" instead the word "Spoof" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| gentle | gentle ridicule | gentle spoof |
| particular | particular ridicule | particular spoof |
| common | common ridicule | common spoof |
| complete | complete ridicule | complete spoof |
| Other adjectives: mild, less, outright, random, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Spoof and Ridicule. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ridicule/spoof
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