ridicule

Noun

• the act of deriding or treating with contempt

• language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

Verb

• subject to laughter or ridicule
  • The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
    
  • The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
    
  • His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  derision , roast , guy , blackguard , laugh at , jest at , rib , make fun , poke fun