Ridicule
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to make fun of
Part of speech: noun
Definition: derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour
Example sentence: Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing doctrine that we go beyond good sense and manners, thereby promoting contention, or say and do imprudent things, invoke cynicism, or ridicule with flippancy.
Roast
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cook food by heating in an oven or over fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance to the food.To process by drying trough exposure to sun or artificial heatTo admonish someone vigorouslyTo subject to bantering, severely criticize((transitive)) To perform a comedy routine which critisizes the subject, to be the subject of such routines, to attend an event with such routines.To undergo roasting in any of the above senses
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A cut of meat suited to roastingA gathering where the meal is being roasted(Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack or roasts, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: having been cooked by roastingsubjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized
Example sentence: I'm from Manchester, Mass., so it was lobster, lobster and more lobster! Also, lots of fish that we caught in the summers, clam chowder and roast beef sandwiches. But my mom was pretty healthy; we had a lot of chicken and broccoli and rice as well.