burla
ridicule ; derision ; hoax ; jibe ; mockery ; taunt ; jeer ; sniggering ; snigger ; sneer ; scoff ; snicker ; banter ; lampoon.
Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.
This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.
Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.
Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.
This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.
The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.
At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.
To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.
I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.
The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.
He has pointed out that 'his lampoons are not vicious or hostile; they are controlled comedies'.
burla de
thumbing of the nose at
He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
objeto de burla
object of ridicule
But once the Community becomes an object of ridicule in the minds of the public, truth falls victim to ignorance and prejudice.
