Synonyms of cocking a snook (at)

cocking a snook (at)

phrase

variants also cocking snooks (at)

present participle of cock a snook (at), British

as in mocking

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

• mocking
• laughing (at)
• making fun of
• poking fun at
• ragging on
• making sport of
• shooting down
• scouting
• ridiculing
• sneering (at)
• jeering
• scoffing (at)
• gibing
• deriding
• teasing
• skewering
• taking off (on)
• targeting
• putting down
• kidding
• ribbing
• decrying
• scorning
• taunting
• riding
• disparaging
• belittling
• razzing
• tormenting
• harassing
• pestering
• quizzing
• rallying
• parodying
• baiting
• tweaking
• heckling
• jiving
• parroting
• travestying
• twitting
• chaffing
• burlesquing
• bugging
• ragging
• satirizing
• bad-mouthing
• aping
• catcalling
• pillorying
• lampooning
• mimicking
• caricaturing
• joshing
• hassling
• imitating
• pooh-poohing
• needling
• harrying
• barracking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• commending
• applauding