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Synonyms and Antonyms of gibe
- teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play
deride, jeer, laugh (at), mock, ridicule, scout, shoot down, skewer
bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down
chaff, jive, josh, kid, quiz, rally, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit
bait, barrack [chiefly British], bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment
ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty
Synonym Discussion of gibe
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- scoffed at their concerns
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- the crowd jeered at the prisoners
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- hooted and gibed at the umpire
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- the saucy jackanapes fleered at my credulity
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- sneered at anything romantic
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- flouted the conventions of polite society
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