Synonyms of scouting

scouting

verb

present participle of scout

as in ridiculing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• commending
• sanctioning
• applauding
• indorsing