as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media
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Recent Examples of scouted
Not everyone applied for the program; some were scouted and a few have little to no experience in the sport, selected instead for the potential shown at recruitment camps held around the world.
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Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
And word on the street is some of those sites have already been scouted again.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
The commanders always have the next location scouted out in advance.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The deal for Death’s a Bitch was backed by Banijay Entertainment’s Scripted Fund and scouted by Hannah Griffiths, Head of Adaptations for Banijay UK.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
In advanced development and approaching pre-production, the script is complete, key crew members are on board, and Spanish locations have been scouted.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Comfy and chic all at once, these five outfit ideas were scouted from Fashion Week street style, offering up some of-the-moment styling tricks and fall trends that are surprisingly simple to execute.
—Aemilia Madden, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2025
Champion later revealed to Vestavia Voice that she was first scouted at one of her sister's pageants.
—Arielle Tschinkel, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Credit should also go to whoever scouted and dressed the deliberately dreary locations used, a selection of bare concrete architecture in what looks like the cheating side of every town.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
And word on the street is some of those sites have already been scouted again.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
The commanders always have the next location scouted out in advance.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The deal for Death’s a Bitch was backed by Banijay Entertainment’s Scripted Fund and scouted by Hannah Griffiths, Head of Adaptations for Banijay UK.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
In advanced development and approaching pre-production, the script is complete, key crew members are on board, and Spanish locations have been scouted.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Comfy and chic all at once, these five outfit ideas were scouted from Fashion Week street style, offering up some of-the-moment styling tricks and fall trends that are surprisingly simple to execute.
—Aemilia Madden, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2025
Champion later revealed to Vestavia Voice that she was first scouted at one of her sister's pageants.
—Arielle Tschinkel, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Credit should also go to whoever scouted and dressed the deliberately dreary locations used, a selection of bare concrete architecture in what looks like the cheating side of every town.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouted
Verb
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Hegseth has ridiculed some of the media concerns and embraced the dispute on social media.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Using simple yet incandescent prose, Paine renounced, repudiated and ridiculed at a clip seldom witnessed in print before or since.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their mother began a relationship with a swaggering alcoholic, their future stepfather, who mocked Scott for being soft.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Dick Van Dyke’s cockney in Mary Poppins is still mocked, but fondly.—
Remy Blumenfeld,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Scouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scouted. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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