Synonyms of cocked a snook (at)

cocked a snook (at)

phrase

variants also cocked snooks (at)

past tense of cock a snook (at), British

as in mocked

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

Players on the winning side couldn't resist cocking a snook at the highly-touted opposing team's pitiful performance.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mocked
• laughed (at)
• poked fun at
• ridiculed
• made sport of
• ragged on
• shot down
• made fun of
• scouted
• derided
• teased
• jeered
• skewered
• gibed
• sneered (at)
• targeted
• ribbed
• scoffed (at)
• scorned
• ragged
• rallied
• pestered
• harassed
• tormented
• rode
• tweaked
• taunted
• belittled
• decried
• put down
• parodied
• twitted
• razzed
• quizzed
• burlesqued
• baited
• disparaged
• pilloried
• caricatured
• lampooned
• parroted
• jived
• satirized
• kidded
• imitated
• travestied
• hassled
• harried
• needled
• bugged
• aped
• mimicked
• chaffed
• heckled
• bad-mouthed
• pooh-poohed
• joshed
• took off (on)
• barracked
• catcalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• commended
• applauded